1 more homemade spray booth to look at

Division 6

Member since
January 2009
From: Central CA

Posted by Division 6 on Friday, November 6, 2009 7:38 AM

Nice set up.

I've been looking to build a booth and this seems the simplest and least expensive.

As a bonus I work at Target so it's not a extra trip to the store.

Eric...

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wing_nut

Member since
April 2005
From: Piscataway, NJ!

Posted by wing_nut on Thursday, November 5, 2009 4:35 AM

Thnaks Mike. I have some lights that I have not put in yet but so far the ceiling lights have been working fine

Marc

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mm23t

Member since
September 2004
From: Tulsa, Oklahoma

Posted by mm23t on Saturday, October 31, 2009 11:10 PM

The only thing I see that might give you some problems are shadows when you are painting. Have you thought about some sort of lighting? When I built my booth, I bought some undercounter kitchen lights and mounted them on the sides of the booth. Looking at your booth you might be able to use the same type of light and mount them running vertical. Just my two cents worth.

Medals are not "Won", they are "Earned".

Mike..

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hkshooter

Member since
December 2003
From: Indiana

Posted by hkshooter on Thursday, October 29, 2009 6:39 PM

Good job Marc.

I admittedly skimmed over the text. Looks like a winner and makes me want to ditch my current booth and build another like yours.

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wing_nut

Member since
April 2005
From: Piscataway, NJ!

Posted by wing_nut on Thursday, October 29, 2009 7:40 AM

Gerald, HK... You can't just look at the pictures. This is not Playboy

My 1st post mentions the filter needed to be blanked off. I just never got around to taking a pic. Both issues are taekn care of. 1 with a couples of pieces of 1/4" balsa and the other with a camera. HK, I left to doors on for that very reason.

Marc

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hkshooter

Member since
December 2003
From: Indiana

Posted by hkshooter on Tuesday, October 27, 2009 5:35 AM

HawkeyeHobbies wrote:

What's keeping the airflow from circumventing the filter? Air like water seeks the path of least resistance.

I was wondering the same thing.

Great idea though! Seal up that filter, add the light you mentioned and you have a winner. I really like the extra shelf up top for storage. It'd be really cool if you could leave the doors in place, close them when done spraying and use it as a drying booth also. And the doors could help contain vapors and guide them into the booth while spraying larger items that don't fit inside.

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HawkeyeHobbies

Member since
August 2006
From: Neenah, WI

Posted by HawkeyeHobbies on Monday, October 26, 2009 11:43 AM

What's keeping the airflow from circumventing the filter? Air like water seeks the path of least resistance.

Gerald "Hawkeye" Voigt

http://hawkeyes-squawkbox.com/

"Its not the workbench that makes the model, it is the modeler at the workbench."

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AR15Texan

Member since
October 2009

Posted by AR15Texan on Monday, October 26, 2009 12:57 AM

wing_nut wrote:

I had a feeling you would ask that. I have been trying to find the receipt ofr the stuff. I know I have it, it is just a matter of where it is.
EDIT
Right after I posted this responce I thought to add "hydroponics" to the Google search and came up with this. I think it might even be the palce I got mine from a couple of years ago. I used 2 of these in my set up.

http://www.natureshydroponics.com/store-products-FA139-4-SINGLE-DUCT-ADAPTER-FOR-4C447-265-cfm-DAYTON-BLOWERS_42188916.html

Thanks for the info and glad you were able to recall the website. At $9.95 that seems better than attempting to fabricate something.

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MikeV

Member since
April 2003
From: Hayward, CA

Posted by MikeV on Tuesday, October 13, 2009 11:53 AM

wing_nut wrote:
I had a feeling you would ask that. I have been trying to find the receipt ofr the stuff. I know I have it, it is just a matter of where it is.
EDIT
Right after I posted this responce I thought to add "hydroponics" to the Google search and came up with this. I think it might even be the palce I got mine from a couple of years ago. I used 2 of these in my set up.

http://www.natureshydroponics.com/store-products-FA139-4-SINGLE-DUCT-ADAPTER-FOR-4C447-265-cfm-DAYTON-BLOWERS_42188916.html

Hydroponics huh? What are you really doing at that site?

“Wisdom is the right use of knowledge. To know is not to be wise. Many men know a great deal, and are all the greater fools for it. There is no fool so great a fool as a knowing fool. But to know how to use knowledge is to have wisdom. " Charles Spurgeon

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wing_nut

Member since
April 2005
From: Piscataway, NJ!

Posted by wing_nut on Tuesday, October 13, 2009 6:06 AM

I had a feeling you would ask that. I have been trying to find the receipt ofr the stuff. I know I have it, it is just a matter of where it is.

EDIT

Right after I posted this responce I thought to add "hydroponics" to the Google search and came up with this. I think it might even be the palce I got mine from a couple of years ago. I used 2 of these in my set up.

http://www.natureshydroponics.com/store-products-FA139-4-SINGLE-DUCT-ADAPTER-FOR-4C447-265-cfm-DAYTON-BLOWERS_42188916.html

Marc

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AR15Texan

Member since
October 2009

Posted by AR15Texan on Sunday, October 11, 2009 8:05 PM

wing_nut wrote:
AR15Texan wrote:
wing_nut wrote:

Thanks guys.
The blower is a Dayton shaded pole blower rated at 265 cfm, modle # 4C447
That's the exact blower motor I bought about 5 years ago from Grainger. I still have yet to build my spray booth though. What metal work did you use to attach the outlet port to the flexible hose? This is where I was stuck. Making a box is straight forward but I have yet to devise an connection solution to the hose.

When I got mine online they sold adaptors that is a plate with holes to mount it to the blower housing with a tube. You can see it in pic 5. 1 for the inlet and 1 for the outlet.

Any chance you have the website and part number information for those adaptors?

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9x19mm

Member since
December 2003
From: Phoenix,Az

Posted by 9x19mm on Sunday, October 11, 2009 3:00 AM

Thats a nice setup there.

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wing_nut

Member since
April 2005
From: Piscataway, NJ!

Posted by wing_nut on Tuesday, October 6, 2009 7:20 AM

AR15Texan wrote:
wing_nut wrote:

Thanks guys.
The blower is a Dayton shaded pole blower rated at 265 cfm, modle # 4C447
That's the exact blower motor I bought about 5 years ago from Grainger. I still have yet to build my spray booth though. What metal work did you use to attach the outlet port to the flexible hose? This is where I was stuck. Making a box is straight forward but I have yet to devise an connection solution to the hose.

When I got mine online they sold adaptors that is a plate with holes to mount it to the blower housing with a tube. You can see it in pic 5. 1 for the inlet and 1 for the outlet.

Marc

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AR15Texan

Member since
October 2009

Posted by AR15Texan on Sunday, October 4, 2009 4:49 PM

wing_nut wrote:

Thanks guys.
The blower is a Dayton shaded pole blower rated at 265 cfm, modle # 4C447

That's the exact blower motor I bought about 5 years ago from Grainger. I still have yet to build my spray booth though. What metal work did you use to attach the outlet port to the flexible hose? This is where I was stuck. Making a box is straight forward but I have yet to devise an connection solution to the hose.

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Dubau

Member since
March 2006
From: Boyertown, PA, USA

Posted by Dubau on Saturday, September 26, 2009 11:28 AM

For 20 bucks and some other odds & ends you got a cool Booth there WTG !

Bud

" You've experienced a set back, and without set backs and learning how to fix them you'll never make the leap from kit builder to modeler "

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wing_nut

Member since
April 2005
From: Piscataway, NJ!

Posted by wing_nut on Friday, September 25, 2009 1:41 PM

Thanks guys.

The blower is a Dayton shaded pole blower rated at 265 cfm, modle # 4C447

Marc

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MikeV

Member since
April 2003
From: Hayward, CA

Posted by MikeV on Thursday, September 24, 2009 7:01 PM

Pretty cool idea Marc. I am waiting for Gip's opinion.

“Wisdom is the right use of knowledge. To know is not to be wise. Many men know a great deal, and are all the greater fools for it. There is no fool so great a fool as a knowing fool. But to know how to use knowledge is to have wisdom. " Charles Spurgeon

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Robert92562

Member since
May 2003
From: fort mill SC

Posted by Robert92562 on Thursday, September 24, 2009 2:32 PM

that is a good idea . tell me what kind of blower you used and what cfm is it. i have a old wall cabinet that i just may convert to a spray booth.

bob

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Rich.Carpenter

Member since
August 2007
From: Central Indiana

Posted by Rich.Carpenter on Wednesday, September 23, 2009 6:38 PM

Nice work Marc. That's one of the cleanest, simplest solutions I've seen.

Rich Currently my bench: Academy 1/35 Tiger I Early (30%), Hasegawa 1/48 Spitfire Mk. Vb (25%), Italeri 1/35 Demag D7 with Flak 38 (30%)

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wing_nut

Member since
April 2005
From: Piscataway, NJ!

1 more homemade spray booth to look at

Posted by wing_nut on Wednesday, September 23, 2009 3:24 PM

I started with a $20, on sale, cabinet from Target that is 36x30x15. The loose shelf was screwed in place to make the top of the plenum. 2 pieces of corner molder were glued inside to hale the filter at 45 degrees. Hole for the blower was cut, blower mounted and the plenum all sealed with silicone. Took a couple of hours and that was only because I was trying to figure out how to mount the blower because of the flange on one side. A ring of particle board was cut to go around the inlet tub, glued on both side and bolted through the shelf into the tube. Solid as a rock. The 2 sides of the filter still have to be blanked off and there will eventually be some lighting, AB hook... stuff like that.