Airbrushing in my Bedroom in the Interim. Is This Safe?

Please don't do it.  Remember it's your parents' home.  You don't want to spray chemicals inside their home.  They wouldn't be happy about smelling enamels in their home.

I wouldnt do it is a matter of etiquette,there's accidents,overspray,and odors.Just not being a good houseguest.

I wouldn't do it in my own house either,when I had an apartment back in the 80's I would work at the kitchen table though and my wife hated it,so the bedroom would be out.

It kind of depends on what you mean by ventilation is good.  Do you have a fan blowing the fumes out an open window?  Can your parents smell it outside of your room?  If the answers are yes and no, maybe you're OK.  I would move everything that smells, including the box and your model outside when you go to bed though.  I figure if you can smell it, it can't be good for you to breath all night.  I assume your mask is rated for organic vapors.

Don

nOOOOOOO! no!

you will get dust & lint all over the models!

and the overspray you can't see will get all over the place,

And  I wouldn't sleep in the same room as spray...

I do spray in my bedroom but and its a big but I use a mobile spray booth, fans, a mask and dont spray enamels at all (do Alclad count as enamels??). I can't smell anything when I finish spraying but I still leave everything  running for a good hour after I finish. If its the only room you have then you have to live with it but be prepaired for headaches and possibly some interesting dreams!

Phil

I did the same thing, Mrs. Toshi banned me from spraying in the house, a fine dusting of paint went on the furniture as well as paint marks on the carpet.

I read a how to build a paint booth,  I built one and it's a charm and works perfect.  Check them out online, just google and you'll see a ton of them.  Pick out the ones that seems to be the best suited for you and most effective ones are a plastic storage bin.  Add a HVAC filter, fan, dryer vent, and mounting screws.  When you're done, all you do is place everything back in the container and cover it with a lid.  Hence the storage bin concept.

Toshi

I forgot to add, or you can buy a proffesionally made one (Tamiya, Badger, check out TCP) from one from as low as $40.00 all the way up to $100.00 plus.  I hope this helps.

Toshi

I build in my bedroom. It is also my parents' house. I thoroughly discussed it with them first and foremost. That is simple respect. I spent the last couple months designing, building and testing a spray booth an ventilation system. It was inexpensive, and very worth it. Besides the fact that I don't want to get spray paint all over my parents' house, I also don't want to sleep in a room that smells like paint thinner. The booth I built can handle spray cans with zero smell outside the booth while spraying, and zero smell inside the booth within five minutes

If you are going to paint in your bedroom, I highly suggest a spray booth with good ventilation - and make sure that the fumes, once outside, don't just linger or carry over to a window where your parents might have to smell them and become uncomfortable. Toshi's suggestion for using a plastic storage container is an excellent idea. There are some very inexpensive fans that will do the trick. Make sure they are around 100 CFM minimum - 70 CFM might work for airbrushing, but would probably be too weak for spray cans

I think fumes are less a problem than spills, so floor covering and desk/bench covering are important.

I find proper airbrushing doesn't create much more fumes than does hand brushing.  Do not consider an airbrush to be a spray gun. It is a brush able to create a finish without brush marks. I paint at my normal building bench, and get so little overspray that is not a problem. If you are getting a lot of overspray, dial the paint flow back.  I find cleaning airbrush creates the most vapor, so use a good airbrush cleaning setup.

Thanks guys for all the input.  After reading all the replies I think I'll just sleep on an air mattress on the living room floor.  No need to be breathing fumes as I sleep.  Thanks especially for the spray booth ideas.  Just to be safe, will still sleep on the floor in another room.  I just can't wait to get my own place again!!!

Thanks,

Dave