Paint Booth Plans?

Hey Wingman try this:

Go to your local Home renovation shop, ie: Home depot, Revy, Ace hardware. and pick yourself up a cheap stovetop exhaust fan, it already has on/off switches as well as a light and filter, just build yourself a box around it to suit your scale, then add some ducting to vent it outside, or use on your balconey, just be warry of wind direction so you don't pass it on to your neighbours, they get upset about that sort of thing.[:0]
It might not be pretty, but it works

Madd Dawg

Another way to go... I have a page on building a simple hood that i use...

http://www.naplak.com/modeling/tips/painting_hood.htm

naplak

The December 2000 issue of FSM has an article, "Make your own spray booth", which you can order a back copy off the site here; unless I got the last copy! .

Check out my website........and hit the workbench section. I have some pics of my spray booth and some verbage to go with it.

It's pretty simple..........2x3's and 3/8" Plywood, a fan, ducting and some lights.

http://www.kithobbyist.com/bluenosers352nd

Thanks for posting those pictures.

I was just wondering if the placement of the exhaust fan affects anything? Is it better to mount it on the side, the back, the top? What advantages or disadvantages would there be for each scenario?

Thanks.

Ray

Ray, here's my thoughts (collected from reading lots of other discussions on this):
1. Top mount - probably most common. Some people say the downside to this is that particles that get trapped in the filter (above your model) can get dislodged and fall into your paint. It also seems counter intuitive to try to pull paint particles against gravity...
2. Back/side mount - creates a cross draft of flow across the surface of the model.
3. Bottom mount - creates a 'down draft' that uses gravity. I built mine this way, but I have no idea whether or not it's really better than the others or not.

I don't really know if it matters all that much. The biggest thing I can see is to get the right sized fan. Too small won't clear the fumes/particles fast enough. Too much will draw too much outside air/dust into the booth.

PS. I built my booth out of heavy corrugated plastic (looks like cardboard, but is actually white plastic) glued together with a hot glue gun. Very cheap and the end result works quite well. Send me an email if you'd like more info...

M.

Here's another tip to check out over on the Scale Auto web site.

http://www.scaleautomag.com/sca/features/tips/tip23.html

M.

hmmm...

i wrote a reply but it got lost somewhere along the way and now it's time for work so i'll keep this short. thanks for all the input folks, it's been a big help. now it's time to buy some materials and get to busy. i'll let you know how it turns out.

thanks again
Wingman
(aka...Tony)