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Airbrushing in basement.
Posted by PhantomGuy on Tuesday, December 1, 2015 10:47 AM

I do not like airbrushing in the garage this time of year.  I have no way to vent an air brushing booth outside.  I have block windows.  Would it be possible to use one of the collectors for a clothes dryer that collects in a canister like container?

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Posted by The Migrant on Tuesday, December 1, 2015 10:57 AM

You can make a filter using a bucket, as described here:-

http://www.starshipmodeler.com/tech/pa_booth.htm

Mike G

Western Canada

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Posted by Hokey on Tuesday, December 1, 2015 12:39 PM

I may build 1 since I have 5-6 kits much larger than my 18" wide portable spray booth!

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Posted by BlackSheepTwoOneFour on Tuesday, December 1, 2015 12:40 PM

To connect to a dryer vent? No, I wouldn't chance it. But you can do something like this:

 

http://www.vizimac.com/installing-glass-block-windows/installing-glass-block-windows-including-vent/

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Posted by waynec on Tuesday, December 1, 2015 4:23 PM

 i have a big basement and i airbrush with acrylics. i turn on my big stand alone filter, put on respirator and paint into a big box. if i am building afterwards i am at another part of the basement and far enough away.

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Posted by JTRACING on Tuesday, December 1, 2015 5:31 PM

I do all my painting in my basement, never needed any paint booth yet, just paint right at my work desk on some newspaper

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Posted by BlackSheepTwoOneFour on Tuesday, December 1, 2015 5:34 PM

In my youth years, I did most of my spray painting (rattle cans) in the cellar or the attic of my home. 

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Posted by philo426 on Tuesday, December 1, 2015 7:33 PM

Yes I just put down a fresh newspaper and airbrush Tamiya acrylics with no nasty fumes and water clean up.

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Posted by Don Stauffer on Wednesday, December 2, 2015 9:07 AM

A spray booth with a good filter reduces the vapors and odors a lot even if it is not vented to outside.  Some modelers take a hose from a good booth and run it into various containers, including a simple bucket of water or a charcoal canister.  I have never tried the water bucket, but a charcoal cannister does make sense theoretically. It needs to be baked out periodically.

Don Stauffer in Minnesota

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Posted by waynec on Wednesday, December 2, 2015 2:49 PM

waynec

 i have a big basement and i airbrush with acrylics. i turn on my big stand alone filter, put on respirator and paint into a big box. if i am building afterwards i am at another part of the basement and far enough away.

 

i rattle can prmer in the garage. even in winter we will get warm enough days for that. and dulcoat. that stuff is quite nasty.

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