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Hello fellow model fans. Just wondering if anyone has a link to making your own spray booth. Plans etc. I would be very grateful For any help. Thanks.
There's quite a few variations around on here and google, keep lighting in mind on any booth you make. Here's mine.
http://www.snibs.net/spraybooth.html
Good Luck.
Mick.
Some stuff that might be interesting.
https://sites.google.com/view/airbrush-and-modeling/home
On The Bench.
Tiger 1 and Tooheys.
I posted, quite awhile ago, some pictures in this forum when I finished my current booth. Love it- it is a keeper. I offered to post drawings but got no interest here, but maybe the photos will be a help in planning yours. I used a muffin fan, and a 16 x 20 furnace filter.
One tip- I found in making several spray booths that you need at least 100 cfm for it to work well.
Don Stauffer in Minnesota
I grew tired of using a cardboard box located in my garage as a spraybooth so I built a real spray booth that is located in my basement. No my dust on my models and no more painting in 30 degree weather.
The booth is composed of two sections. The base/plemun is 17"x26"x11 1/2". It is made of 3/4" mdf. The bottom is 1/4" hardboard. I bought the exhaust fan at Grainger. The unpainted wood cleats support the filter/booth section.
The top section includes a screen and a plastic storage box that I bought at Ikea. The inside dimensions of the booth are 29X wide by 20" high.
This what the finished spraybooth looks like. The filter is 14"x25"
That is a 1/24 scale car in the booth. As you can see, there is a lot of room in the booth. The fan exhausts through an opening in the house wall via a flexable plastic duct. No my dust on my models.
If you have questions, just ask.
Your comments and questions are always welcome.
Now that's cool, love the lighting, great job Johnny I love it.
Cheers from Mick.
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Snibs Now that's cool, love the lighting, great job Johnny I love it. Cheers from Mick.
Your spray booth looks really nice. Plus, you got it for a great price.
It cost over $200. The exhaust fan was over $150.00 at Granger.
Lighting is indeed a key feature. On mine, I used the same type fixture, but placed it over top, over a slot cut in the top, with a clear plexiglas slot cover. This is to prevent spray on bulb, or spray getting into the wiring. I placed tear-offs on the cover so I can tear off a tear-off when it gets too much paint on it.
You must have some serious spraying going on there Don, sounds like a pit stop....gulp of coffee, check the pressure gauge, refill the paint cup, a tear off and back into it. Your booth isn't red is it?
Here is my first post on the forum. I am also looking at building a booth. One of the things that I found online is a concern for explosion/fire from using flamable products. It got me to thinking, and I am going to try using a boat blower fan. Since they are made to suck gas fumes out of an enclosed space, they have to be spark resistant. Also, I found fans with 270 cfm for around $30 USD. Does anyone have any experience with using these?
https://www.amazon.com/Attwood-Quiet-Blower-Resistant-4-Inch/dp/B003EX02DA/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1472511814&sr=8-1&keywords=attwood+turbo
With a cheap 12v power supply, you should be good to go.
The fan in my spray booth is rated at 273 CFM, so your fan should be okay. Just make sure that you have a filter between the spray booth and the fan. You don't want to have paint gum-up the motor in your fan. In my spray booth, the fan is located in a box that is seperated from the spray booth by a filter.
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