Which spray booth to purchase

Ive been looking at the artograph 1530. It seems to be pretty neat. What do you all use?

Cardboard box with a bathroom fan on top.

Oh, I forgot the steak knife for cutting the cardboard!

My first homemade booths were also cardboard boxes with a hole cut in top.  Then, I taped a flat auto aircleaner element to box, and taped a muffin fan on top of that (muffin fans lighter and cheaper than most fans).

Thankyou so much.

I have an Artograph 1530. I got mine through Amazon for about $100 cheaper. My old homemade job wasn't doing a good job with enamel paints.

Do you know the muffin fan???

Ha! That was good. I built mine from adjustable metal shelving.24by48 ,put one shelf at a comfortable standing height .lined that section with cardboard.room for the compressor below,and storage above.worked out great. Haven't got around to venting it yet. I've never understood why spray booths cost so much.it's a box with a fan

I got good results with ModelExpo’s Compact Spraybooth, Exhaust Hose, Filter Combo #HSE420PRO

The idea is to connect the spray booth (which folds exceptionally nicely for storage, BTW) to the exhaust hose and route it through an opened window (just a crack) via the flattened nozzle.

Ron

Thanks for putting me on to amazon, I emailed the distributor here in Australia and they told me that it has been discontinued. When you purchased yours from amazon did you purchase anything extra like  pre filter rolls or dose it come with that stuff?

Rob

Mine is outdoors or in the garage during the spring, summer, and fall. LOL!!

Ktkrow

Do you know the muffin fan???

You just made me laugh out loud prior to my second cup of coffee. No small accomplishment.

Here's what I use.

snibs.net/spraybooth.html

So simple and cheap.

I currently use a ModelExpo booth. I paid $75 and it works well. It's perfect for 1/35 armor models, but I guess it's too small for 1/48 jets.  

Can anyone who has an artograph 1530 spray booth and lives in the US please tell me how many amps it draws on 110V. They stoped making them in 240V and that's what I we use out here in Australia. Many Thanks, Rob

If my math is correct  with a 15 watt motor  it would be about 0.13

Rob you would only need a small step down transformer to run it here in Australia, something like this is more than enough for a small fan,

www.ebay.com.au/.../350688942339

you could even mount a small transformer inside the case and change the plug or change the fan itself to a 240 volt version if you know what your doing with 240 volts but if you don't stick with a external unit, 240 volts will kill you.

Just for your reference, with 240 volts, 240 watts = 1 amp, our standard power points are 10 amps or 2400 watts or 2.4kw.

wow I just looked up that Artgraph 1530, $589 RRP, expensive sucker aint it, I made mine for under $20 and its about the same size and mine has adjustable suck on it....so many jokes there but ill keep it clean. :-)

Cheers from Mick.

Hey mick

thanks for the info. my wife's uncle is a sparky so ill talk with him when he comes back from holiday. Yer  it is expensive but they have good reviews on the net and hopefully it will last me for a long time. In regards to the step down transformer  I assume that all you would  have to do is plug the booth into that then plug it in to the wall?

Thanks for the math calculations.

No worries Rob,

yep just plug 110 in the front and plug the step down into your wall. Will you use the booth for anything else or just modeling? it does seem an awfully expensive option, after all its just four walls a floor and a $10 fan, can't justify the expense myself even with the ducting that I assume comes with it at that price but  your right it should last a life time.

Here's mine if your interested.

snibs.net/spraybooth.html

Not as flash as the 1530 but does the job perfectly. My MK1 spray booth was a bit smaller and had a wooden box on the back with a 12 cm fan and filters, it also worked fine. The reason for MK2 was for more light and a bit more room for when I did my 1/24th Mustang with Alclad. I tried a strip of LED lights in MK1 but was not great The fan on MK2 is great, set it from a gentle breeze to suck the budgie in, fast is good for cleaning up with fumes from thinners.

Let me know how you get on.

Cheers Rob

If you haven't purchased one you could consider the one I use which is made by Paashe HB-16-13. Paid about 130$ 6 MN ago. I normally build 1/48 scale planes and it works for the most part. If I were to another one I'd get one a little bigger.