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Paint Booth exhaust Fan
Posted by Huey638 on Sunday, November 23, 2014 2:34 PM

I need some advice.  I'm looking for an exhaust fan for my build from scratch both.  I thought I found a perfect fan that during out to be a "Fan" and not an exhaust fan; meaning the intake is the 4" side and not the flange side (link below).  My booth is 30W x 20H x 16D.  I know to look for a squirrel cage configuration with the motor/electric out of the paint fume’s path. 

Any suggestion/comments would be greatly appreciated before I blow $100.00 dollars on a fan that blows the wrong direction; pun intended. 

Thanks - Huey 638

http://www.amazon.com/Dayton-Blower-1640RPM-115volts-1TDR3/forum/Fx2M0Y3GZDL693O/-/1/ref=cm_cd_al_af_ql?_encoding=UTF8&asin=B000BK687I

  • Member since
    May 2013
Posted by Snibs on Sunday, November 23, 2014 2:56 PM

Hi Huey638

Any brushless fan is safe, there's a lot of ideas around on various designs, here's mine.

snibs.net/spraybooth.html

You could always use a 4, 5 or 6 inch fan from ebay if you need ducting.

Cheers from Mick

Some stuff that might be interesting.

https://sites.google.com/view/airbrush-and-modeling/home

On The Bench.

Tiger 1 and Tooheys.

 

  • Member since
    May 2014
Posted by Huey638 on Sunday, November 23, 2014 3:07 PM

Thanks Mick;

The entire shop is part of an add on to my house and is a totally dedicate area.  I have built the booth out of 1/2 ply and lined the entire booth with lament that was left over from the kitchen cabinet work.  I would really like to identify an exhaust fan that can extract fumes from the booth and be vented outside in a 4" dryer vent (already routed).  I though this would be simple to find......not so I guess.

  • Member since
    November 2009
  • From: Twin Cities of Minnesota
Posted by Don Stauffer on Monday, November 24, 2014 9:11 AM

There are muffin fans with enough umph to work.  And muffin fans are sparkless.  You need at least 100 cfm- my current booth uses a 120 cfm muffin fan.

Don Stauffer in Minnesota

  • Member since
    August 2007
  • From: back country of SO-CAL, at the birth place of Naval Aviation
Posted by DUSTER on Wednesday, November 26, 2014 9:08 AM

I believe most of the times I have seen this type of fan used, the intake side/hole was affixed to a "connector/seal" made out of metal, wood or foam to bridge and seal the gap between the cabinet and the fans input hole.

This would assist in keeping the fan in a straight orientation to the cabinet. Then, the output flange would be attached to the duct work.

Your cabinet sounds like a winner, already  

Steve

Building the perfect model---just not quite yet  Confused

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