Drying Booths - Worth It?!?!?!?

Like so many modelers, I'd love to decrease drying times.  I'm going to build one here too with the gear I already have.  My question is about what some of you have experienced with drying/set-up times on say car bodies or aircraft fuselages.  I have no doubt of the benefits concerning smaller staked/pinned parts, but what is you all's experience with drying times on large surfaces with primers, acrylics, enamels, laquers, clear coats, etc...?  Thank you in advance.

S/F, Gunner B

Or if you know of a room / area (garage dormer for example) that gets really hot (not humid) during the summer. Cheap, yet free. I know my garage dormer gets super hot during the summer. 

My drying booth cost me about 30 bucks, including the fan.  I had the lightbulb heatsource already on hand.

I use a hand held hair dryer.

Bruce, glad to be of some use. You're welcome.

How I found out really was back in '13, newly back in the hobby and "Googling" lots of hobby-related searches, most of the top results came back to right here at good 'ol FSM. That's how I found out about this place and all the nice folk here.

Then after I joined up, I got all frustrated about the forum search function not really working, until one day a little light went off.

Edit: Hopefully Don will find this thread and chime in, then credit can go where it is deserved.

Greg

Don's post is here.

Tip for searching this site: Ignore the site's search function, which is useless. Use a major search engine.

EDIT: Below is the link (becasue the hyperlink function here still doesn't work right

http://cs.finescale.com/fsm/tools_techniques_and_reference_materials/f/18/t/146050.aspx

...and even that won't post as a hyperlink. I'm about ready to give it up.

 

 

 

Thanks for the tip on searching, Greg! And thanks for posting Don's thread.

Also, I've never been able to hyperlink a FSM forum link on the FSM forum. Kinda funny!

Glad I could help you find Don's post, Bill.

Thank you for finding Don’s post. Prior to posting this topic, I used the search function and did not see this come up. Now I know how to search properly.

I work in spurts due to a busy family schedule with young kids and can’t get anything done if I am forced to wait a week for drying.

This is a great solution for me.  

Thank you! 

Bill

Don's post is here.

Tip for searching this site: Ignore the site's search function, which is useless. Use a major search engine.

EDIT: Below is the link (becasue the hyperlink function here still doesn't work right

http://cs.finescale.com/fsm/tools_techniques_and_reference_materials/f/18/t/146050.aspx

...and even that won't post as a hyperlink. I'm about ready to give it up.

To get a good picture and description of Don's homemade booth, search Drying Booth, then filter by Authors. The second post down is Don's reply to another thread on making your own.

I certainly would not pay that sort of money for somthing like that. I made my own but only to keep the dust off whilst drying, i didn't attach a heat source to it. Never seen the need to speed up the drying process.

Don Stauffer, who is on FSM forums had a thread about a home built Paint dryer. Me personally, I would not pay $200 for a paint dryer. I'll build one myself.

I can't find the thread I'm talking about, and the search option on this forum doesn't work well.

$200 for a drying booth!?!? A total waste of money.  I'd rather spend $200 elsewhere. I've heard folks build their own drying booths though. 

I don't even own one nor plan on getting one - bought or homemade. I don't see a need for it unless you're in a hurry to finish a kit.