Indoor venting for paint booth.

I was looking at that just the other day as I need to vent our dryer and was wondering how it would work . I would never have considered it for painting though as it was designed to catch lint not paint particles.

Mike

I second CK's sentiments, I've also seen that contraption and wondered will it do what it says. So I'm glad you brought it up.

CK...Good answer. I appreciate it.

Bud

I wouldn't go that far abutt...

There are a lot of gimicks out there... I tend to think of everything that sells via the infomercial as such.

It's probably better for you (and others who might have seen the same system) that it was brought up in this forum and some of the more skeptical of us explain the likely shortcomings, rather than you install this system and find out that it's completely inadequate.

Guess I'll learn to keep my mouth shut.

IMO, paint booths need to be vented outside.

You can vent to the inside if you got very good filters and a trap to catch all the nasties, but I think the price of buying and disposing of those make it unfeasable.

I would add to Styrene's concerns and guess that it's not even good for dryers. As pictured (and my guess is that most geometries will limit it to this configuration), this gizmo is to be mounted at some elevation above the dryer, and then the exhaust air is supposed to push all of the lint up... I don't think it will. My concern is that lot's of lint will accumulate at the bottom, which will block the line, reducing the efficiency and possibly creating a fire hazard.

QUOTE: For all of us who don't vent our paint booth outside

If you don't vent your booth outside, where do you vent it? If it's not being vented at all, then there's no point in having a booth to begin with.

QUOTE: This wouldn't replace using a good mask

Generally speaking, and in terms of the home hobbyist, If a booth is set up and used properly, no mask is needed. In prioritizing hazard abatement, engineering controls (such as paint booths) are always preferred over personal protective equipment (a respirator).

QUOTE: or a filter in back of the booth

This filter may stop some of the pigment (depending on filter construction, density, etc.) but will not stop any of the organic vapors generated during spraying operations.

**I just went to the site linked above, and I have to emphatically state that the contraption shown is NOT acceptable for ANY spray booth applications!

Gip Winecoff

This wouldn't replace using a good mask, or a filter in back of the booth. It would give evacuated mist in the booth a place to go rather than just out in the air.

Bud

Add the ".com" to your link.

Does this device deal with the VOC's that many model paints have? That is the real issue, the fact that when a lot of paints are sprayed, the fumes and vapors are harmful if inhaled. No Bill Clinton joke here....