Still another Spraybooth question

QUOTE: Originally posted by ngc7293` Ignoring the hazards of using a home built spray booth, I need some advice on getting the fumes out of the room. Currently the booth sits on a card table in front of a window. The exhaust hose goes to the window. When I want to use it, I have to open the window, put something over the gap top to bottom to keep air from blowing back in (Window has screen which I cannot change or move) and I have the hose at the bottom, the hose is framed in a large chunk of styrfoam Though my apartment window faces a brick wall about 20 feet away, using newspaper is still unsightly. It is also difficult to add and remove. When I need to use the spraybooth: 1. Open the window 2. Put the hose in place 3. Drape the newspager over the gap and tape it down Now I can turn on the fans and I am ready to go. If the process weren't so difficult, I'd use the airbrush more often. Just FYI, the window frame is about 56 inches high. Any thoughts would be appreciated.

What I did was use an old exhaust fan (from a junk shop - I think it was formerly used in a bathroom) I got an old crate box (about 2-feet by 2-feet across by 2-feet deep), cut away the bottom of the box to fit the fan. I then put a piece of welded wire - teo pieces to form a sandwich (coming from the same junk shop) and nailed it to the bottom of the crate to form a base. Then I got an old air duct hose (from the same junk shop - they're made of aluminum foil shaped like a hose) and stuck it to the end of the exhaust fan. I attached a cheap airconditioner filter in between the two welded wires and stuck the exhaust fan at the bottom. I then made four legs for it and Viola!!! A real cheap but functional down-draft spray-booth. I know it'll take a little elbow-grease to get ti done but I'm sure you'll figure out a way. Mine's been alive for the past six years and I only have to change the filters every time it gets REALLY clogged. So far I've changed only twice.

Thanks, I will look in to that. The window opens horizonally, but I think I can still work around that

QUOTE: Originally posted by Ashley Why not make a plywood plate for the window opening that has a flange for your exhaust hose? Then you could open the window, put the plate in place and airbrush away! You could size it such that it was held in place by closing the window back down on it.

I agree with Ashley.

Mike

Why not make a plywood plate for the window opening that has a flange for your exhaust hose? Then you could open the window, put the plate in place and airbrush away! You could size it such that it was held in place by closing the window back down on it.