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  • Member since
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  • From: New Jersey
Paint Help
Posted by thermoshok on Saturday, March 13, 2010 10:42 PM

how do i not get dust or fuzz particles settling in my paint jobs i have a spray booth any advise what to do?

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  • From: Left forever
Posted by Bgrigg on Saturday, March 13, 2010 10:54 PM

Do you have a door on your booth? Even a drop cloth taped to the front will help. I have plexi doors on mine and I leave the fan running while it dries for at least 1/2 an hour.

Making sure it's been vacuumed before painting helps a LOT, as does spritzing the booth down with a light mist of water just before spraying. That helps to knock the dust out of the air.

Placing a container over top of the model after painting also works.

 

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  • From: New Jersey
Posted by thermoshok on Saturday, March 13, 2010 11:20 PM

no door on it but i can make something up.,it does vaccum out, should i let it run a little bit b4 painting and airbrushing?

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  • From: Left forever
Posted by Bgrigg on Sunday, March 14, 2010 7:48 AM

Certainly wouldn't hurt. I find giving the interior a quick spritz of plain water helps immensely.

 

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  • From: Peoples Socialist Democratic Republic of Illinois
Posted by Triarius on Sunday, March 14, 2010 11:18 AM

Something I read here or in another forum: get a breeze box fan and fasten a permanent furnace filter (Home depot carries them) to the intake side. Run this for about an hour inside the room before painting. It works, even if I haven't dusted and vacuumed the work room for awhile.

Another thing that helps, especially in the colder, drier months of the year, is to keep the relative humidity between 50 and 60 percent, or at least as close to that as  you can.

Absolutely run the booth for at least fifteen minutes before starting to paint, then mist the air in the room, wait a few minutes, then paint. Turn off the booth as soon as you are done cleaning the brush, and cover the model until it is tack free.

 

Ross Martinek A little strangeness, now and then, is a good thing… Wink

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    August 2008
  • From: New Jersey
Posted by thermoshok on Sunday, March 14, 2010 2:54 PM

i can cover them with these medium sized storage containers i bought thanks guys for the help.

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  • From: SURREY ,B.C.
Posted by krow113 on Sunday, March 14, 2010 3:07 PM

Check your attire as well ,do all the above by all means and spritze your self as well.I will run the booth and using a midsize compressor blow air onto and into all the area and equipment. Ten wet all the relevant areas and your front and sleeves especially.Then paint ,put the item away and dont breath around it! Painting to perfection is quite tedious- any body man or custom painter will tell you the prep is 90% the painting is only 10%

Thank you ,Krow113

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    August 2008
  • From: New Jersey
Posted by thermoshok on Sunday, March 14, 2010 3:16 PM

yes i know what u mean by tedious i hate seem line so i rid of all of them takes a whole to do but well worth it ill try all the spritzing and all tips u guys helped me with

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