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DIY spray booth
Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, July 19, 2005 9:20 PM
Not sure the puritans amongst us will approve, but when I needed a spray booth to paint my model, the last thing on my mind was spending upwards of $200!
My answer? build my own booth.
Now, a disclaimer, I make no assertion that this will be as good as a bought booth, but it has to better than nothing, all booths should be used with the appropriate mask as well!
Total cost for this was only $20, due to the fact that I had most of the stuff laying about, use a little imagination and I'm sure you can do something along the same lines.
For the fan I used a 120mm PC fan, it has ok airflow, but is brushless and sealed, so it should at least last as long as it takes to finish the model, hopefully longer.
First things first, the booth itself, for my purposes, I had a large TV box, big enough to get the victory in, and work with some space. Clearly the smaller the booth, with the same fan, the better the air flow will be!
I bought a dryer outlet kit from home depot, 8' flexi pipe and a fitting to go into the box




To this I then mounted the flexi pipe:


With that complete, I then started on the fan duct, now square plug, round hole!! so some compromise was made in efficiancy by using a cardboard square duct. I simply glued in the fan(god bless amazing goop glueBig Smile [:D])
I used the box lid from the kit, quite apt really.


Glued all sides then tied up the duct with rope(could not be bothered to dig out the sash clamps for this project)



With the duct made and dried, I taped up the edges, and poked the fan wire through the side. This was then taped to the flexi pipe after slitting the corners to allow the duct to "form" slightly easier to the round tube.
And there it was...done:


My desk sits underneath the small window in the basement, so the booth sits on the desk, with the window slightly open, the duct pokes out and bends to the side so it does not blow back in the basement. Now I have no filter on there as yet, I'll add one if needed, but that will hinder airflow, it's not a huge fan!
If the flowers start taking on a slightly more enamled feel, I'll add one,lol


So there you go, not fancy, probably not as effective as a pro unit, but certainly cheaper! and it does me for now. It has made a differance! when I primed the hull, I used a rattle can, and the smell stayed for quite a while, using the new "super booth" there was very little odour in the room, I also drape a clean trash bag over the front to keep any dust down in the booth. Leave it running after spraying for a while and we're all set.
Hope this is usefull to a few people, I know there has been a couple of threads on this lately, so it may spark a few ideas....instead of sparking paint fumesApprove [^]
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Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, July 19, 2005 9:47 PM
Vapo-I would still wear a mask-I don't but I'm practically dead anyway and don't forget the tack cloth!! The best spray booths, normally for cars have water running down the walls-keeps dust down and slows the paint drying time (I would not go that far).

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Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, July 19, 2005 9:54 PM
nor would I in a cardboard spray booth,lol
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Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, July 19, 2005 9:59 PM
Vapo-forgot to mention: great job!
PS: those tack cloths are rough-could damage your ship-but get a "blush" brush from the cosmetic counter to remove dust from delicate parts. You can use your wife's-at your own peril.

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  • From: Perth Western Australia
Posted by giobosco on Wednesday, July 20, 2005 12:52 AM
howdy,

Cheap, down to the point and it works, what more does a man want?? I like the idea, thanks for sharing, regarding the water, it is true, it works and what I usually do is to give the surroundings a good wash with a wet cloth, not to drown everything, but you know what i mean. Any dust floating around, will get trapped by the wet surfaces and you can spray in peace.

yeah, rather leave the Mrs' equipment alone, buy your own, don't ask me how I know this...

regards to all

Gb
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Posted by Anonymous on Friday, July 22, 2005 9:40 AM
Hey...I see all the same operating principles at work with Vapo's booth when compared to a more expensive booth.

Im thinking of buiding a booth out of 2x4's and a bathroom fan (using acrylics so no flammable risks).

Im surprised that PC fan has enough suction to it, espeically while you are painting and that one side is open. But hey..if it works...it works. GOOD JOB.
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Posted by Anonymous on Friday, July 22, 2005 10:14 AM
It could do with a bit more power, I generaly have one half closed off with the plastic bag. A high flow 120mm PC shifts more air than bathroom fan, yes it does, honestly! A bathroom fan has to move a set amount of air, as quietly as possible.
Something like a delta 120mm PC fan, shifts as much air as it can, but makes one hell of a noise in the proccess.
The fan I have is middle of the road, like I said, it's better than not having one at all.
If I we're to move somewhere where I could make the basement more of a workshop, I'd build a proper one with a drop sash front as well.
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Posted by Anonymous on Saturday, July 23, 2005 2:32 PM
And here it is in use, so far the fumes are not getting out of the box into the roomThumbs Up [tup]

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