SEARCH FINESCALE.COM

Enter keywords or a search phrase below:

need help on making a spray booth

518 views
2 replies
1 rating 2 rating 3 rating 4 rating 5 rating
  • Member since
    January 2005
  • From: Tehachapi, Ca.
Posted by peglegrc on Thursday, February 24, 2005 3:00 AM
Hey! if Your going to weather it, just paint it out in the open,...You'll get the weathering at the same time ..Ha.ha...I agree with Andy...Use a cardboard box with a clear plastic "tarp"/cover...My first spray booth was a 20"X20" box fan glued to the inside end of a cardboard box with a 20"X20" heater filter taped in front of the fan..I glued a 6"X6" piece of plastic in front of the fan motor so the fumes wouldn't get into the fan motor and eat away the wiring and cause a fire..It worked alright till I could afford my Badger paint booth..."Should have saved my money!"...."RC"
PeglegRC "The Meaning of life??? How the Heck should I know? Try Google." "Can You Expand your report about Employee Morale?..I'm Afraid 'Bite Me' doesn't Quite cover it"... "Please excuse any misspelled word's!
  • Member since
    February 2003
  • From: Southern California, USA
Posted by ABARNE on Tuesday, February 22, 2005 2:26 PM
Difficult to answer without knowing what sort of supplies that you have handy. My first "spray booth" was nothing more than a cardboard box, about two foot square and a foot and half tall, open on the front and top. For your situation, you probably need something more enclosed. Dimensions are not overly critical, as long as it is big enough to allow you to comforably paint whatever you are working on.

Maybe a tarp, preferably clear for better lighting, could be tented over a large cardboard box, pehaps attached to the side of a vehicle. Alternatively, do have some sort of tent that could be used as is? One major concern if you enlcose yourself with you model would be ventilation. You want to be careful that you don't gas yourself.

Even without full enclosure, I would think that a large box, open only on the front would help a great deal, and then cover the front with a tarp while the paint dries.

Good luck.

Andy

P.S. Thank you for your service over there. Thumbs Up [tup]



Thumbs Up [tup]Thumbs Up [tup]Thumbs Up [tup]
  • Member since
    November 2005
need help on making a spray booth
Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, February 22, 2005 1:10 PM
Ok here's the deal. Im here in Iraq (again) this time i was smart and got all my stuff here, compressor, air brush , and so on.... However unlike last year when I was in a more "residential" location, this year i am in the middle of dusty nowhere. And I do mean dusty. which brings me to my point. I need a spray booth to paint in, to keep the tonz of dust from collecting on my work, while it dries. I was wondering if anyone out there has some good ol boys sense, that is, making stuff out of nothing, for a spray booth. I have a limited amount of resourse here in "the land that God forgot" I could use some demisions as well. Thanks again guys.
JOIN OUR COMMUNITY!

Our community is FREE to join. To participate you must either login or register for an account.

SEARCH FORUMS
FREE NEWSLETTER
By signing up you may also receive reader surveys and occasional special offers. We do not sell, rent or trade our email lists. View our Privacy Policy.