Homemade Spray Booth Done!

jhande

Member since
November 2005
From: White Mountains, NH

Posted by jhande on Wednesday, January 25, 2006 5:32 PM

thevinman wrote:
It’s not loud at all. It’s about as loud as a box fan on “high”. (that’s the only thing I can think of at the moment. It does hum.

Thanks, that's not bad at all.

Interesting idea. You must have a menagerie of cats. I would think that your dexterity would be impaired if you had to work through the doors like that. It might be a pain.

We have a few cats, but right now we are living in a mobile home and my son and I are stuck during the winter months at the kitchen table. Not much chance on keeping anyone or thing away from us while we work... well other than a steel toe'd work boot.

LOL! If you look at the $ totals, you’ll see the Harley wish list wins by a mile! Modeling is one of my less expensive endeavors. Yeah, I love my ride. Can’t wait until spring. I’m thinking about transferring some of my “modeling” skills and custom airbrushing some leathers or a few parts here and there. Still haven’t got the time or motivation to research the finer points of that type of thing…

Yeah... I noticed... just couldn't resist though hehe. Wink [;)]

Wish you luck and hope you find the time to paint up a jacket or tank for riding next summer.

-- Jim --
"Put the pedal down & shake the ground!"

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thevinman

Member since
December 2003
From: CT - USA

Posted by thevinman on Wednesday, January 25, 2006 3:49 PM

jhande wrote:
Question Vinny regarding the blower... How noisy is it?

It’s not loud at all. It’s about as loud as a box fan on “high”. (that’s the only thing I can think of at the moment. It does hum.

jhande wrote:
Instead of the round filters, make it where I can insert my hands/arms (or even attach gloves). Then have some sort of filter system in the door. That way I can try to eliminate the flow of dust and/or cat hair through the booth. What does anyone think of that? It's kind of what they do for an automotive spray booth, sealed from the environments , or am I going overboard... ok... am I nuts... ?

Interesting idea. You must have a menagerie of cats. I would think that your dexterity would be impaired if you had to work through the doors like that. It might be a pain.

jhande wrote:
Oh, by the way Vinny...
What's with the wish list? Amazon has 24 items and the Harley list only has 15... Where's your priorities man?

J/K nice site and scoot.

CT, summer, Harley's, the gang, the beach... ok... THX... now I'm home sick again...

LOL! If you look at the $ totals, you’ll see the Harley wish list wins by a mile! Modeling is one of my less expensive endeavors. Yeah, I love my ride. Can’t wait until spring. I’m thinking about transferring some of my “modeling” skills and custom airbrushing some leathers or a few parts here and there. Still haven’t got the time or motivation to research the finer points of that type of thing…

-Vinny

My Website Macross Group Build

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jhande

Member since
November 2005
From: White Mountains, NH

Posted by jhande on Wednesday, January 25, 2006 2:49 PM

Question Vinny regarding the blower... How noisy is it?

Nice spray booth by the way... I'm kind of in the middle of a similar project. I have the box built, just trying to figure out what blower and what door design I want to use.

Speaking of the doors...

I was thinking on something similar to what you did, but making it more like a sandblasting booth. Instead of the round filters, make it where I can insert my hands/arms (or even attach gloves). Then have some sort of filter system in the door. That way I can try to eliminate the flow of dust and/or cat hair through the booth. What does anyone think of that? It's kind of what they do for an automotive spray booth, sealed from the environments , or am I going overboard... ok... am I nuts... ? Tongue [:P]

Oh, by the way Vinny...
What's with the wish list? Amazon has 24 items and the Harley list only has 15... Where's your priorities man? Shock [:O]

J/K nice site and scoot. Big Smile [:D]

CT, summer, Harley's, the gang, the beach... ok... THX... now I'm home sick again... Banged Head [banghead]

-- Jim --
"Put the pedal down & shake the ground!"

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Anonymous

Member since
November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Monday, January 23, 2006 5:09 PM

Thanks for the info Vinny.

I have a booth with similar dimensions and placed an order for that fan, which should arrive this week. I will probably build another booth in the future than can accomodate doors like you have for your booth.

Thanks again for sharing!

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thevinman

Member since
December 2003
From: CT - USA

Posted by thevinman on Friday, January 20, 2006 6:52 PM

On the inside of the booth, the blower's intake has a flange. The screws go through the flange and into the body of the blower, sandwiching the plywood in between and secures the blower pretty good.

See the rectangular flange where the hose is coming off? There are 4 holes in each corner. The blower is secured by three screws to the booth. The bottom two are screwed into another piece of plywood that acts as the base. (This base helps support the weight of the blower). The brown piece you see in the other picture is just cardboard shim that helped me line up the blower and it acts as a sort of cushion to absorb the vibration of the blower (instead of having it sit right on the plywood base).

-Vinny

My Website Macross Group Build

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Anonymous

Member since
November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Friday, January 20, 2006 1:41 PM

Howdy,

Like the others who have commented on this thread, I think that is one of the nicest, cleanest looking booths I have seen.

I do have a question, how did you secure the fan to the base? There looks like there is something under the fan but I can't tell what it is.

Thanks!

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yah4sure

Member since
March 2005
From: Albert Lea, MN

Posted by yah4sure on Monday, November 21, 2005 3:15 PM

samreichart

If you use a filter like the one the vinman used, unless
you're applying paint with a garden hose you should be
fine. <img src="/FSM/CS/emoticons/icon_smile_big.gif" alt="Big Smile [:D]" />

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Anonymous

Member since
November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, November 10, 2005 9:52 AM

Looks great will try that idea on the one i`ve got to make for my son.

I`ve made one for myself, made it a while back & it uses a cooker hood on the top of the box. The hood has the bit on the top to put the hose onto & that is put out the window.

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thevinman

Member since
December 2003
From: CT - USA

Posted by thevinman on Tuesday, November 8, 2005 10:50 PM

samreichart wrote:

Does the filtration inside the box pretty much grab the paint particulate, and just the vapors make it outside?

BTW- very nice work on the booths shown here!

thanks,
Sam

Thanks everyone for the compliments.

I suggest you get the "best" filter. The better filters are a little more expensive. $10-15 dollars more, but well worth the added insurance against paint particulates escaping outside.

-Vinny

My Website Macross Group Build

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Anonymous

Member since
November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, November 8, 2005 7:42 PM

That looks very nice, might have to ummm steal the plans, I mean "borrow without permission with no intention of returning" Wink [;)]

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RichardI

Member since
February 2004
From: Canada

Posted by RichardI on Tuesday, November 8, 2005 7:27 PM

Jeeze, looks great to me, Vinman.

I saved the pics for future reference... Thumbs Up [tup]

Rich Cool [8D]

On the bench: 1/48 Revell PBY Catalina 0A-10A. Next up: Moebius 1/24 Chariot from Lost in Space.

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Bgrigg

Member since
May 2005
From: Left forever

Posted by Bgrigg on Tuesday, November 8, 2005 11:27 AM

That would depend on the filtration you use. I use a fairly good furnace filter (the white allergen kind) and it seems to catch everything. At least my SWMBO hasn't yelled at me yet!

So long folks!

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samreichart

Member since
December 2003
From: Virginia, USA

Posted by samreichart on Tuesday, November 8, 2005 10:50 AM

question to all you spray booth users. My modeling area is on the third floor of my house, and I have a window right by my work area that I could use to vent through. I've been itching to build a paint booth; I do have a concern though. My house is white vinyl sided, and I was wondering if any of you get paint residue spatters outside your vent area. SWMBO would kill me if I got model master gray paint all over the house Big Smile [:D]

Does the filtration inside the box pretty much grab the paint particulate, and just the vapors make it outside?

BTW- very nice work on the booths shown here! Approve [^]

thanks,
Sam

Quidquid latine dictum sit, altum sonatur :)

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tweety1

Member since
August 2003
From: Alice Springs Australia

Posted by tweety1 on Friday, November 4, 2005 9:01 AM

Nicely done Vinnie!

I used the same kind of booth setup, but used 12volt rack fans moving 500 cfm, and a fine grade auto filter.
The whole thing is built into my model bench.

Mind you, I will have to steal your 'door filter' idea, cause seeing yours actually makes alot of sense. Big Smile [:D]

--Sean-- If you are driving at the speed of light and you turn on the headlights, what happens???

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clairnet_person

Member since
July 2005
From: Vancouver,Canada

Posted by clairnet_person on Wednesday, November 2, 2005 6:17 PM

Current builds: Monogram P-40B Revell F-15E

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thevinman

Member since
December 2003
From: CT - USA

New Improvements!

Posted by thevinman on Tuesday, November 1, 2005 9:26 PM

New Improvements!

Two lights from IKEA mounted to the top.

I mounted a power strip that allows me to turn the blower & lights on with one switch. It's better than having to plug the blower into the wall everytime and switching the lights on too.

-Vinny

My Website Macross Group Build

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gburdon

Member since
January 2003
From: Burlington, Ontario Canada

Posted by gburdon on Tuesday, November 1, 2005 8:05 AM

QUOTE: Originally posted by I-beam

Excellent workmanship Vinman and Gburdon. Both look like ... No both look better than professional boths

Thanks I-beam. If you haven't built one yet, hopefully you will soon. It is quite easy.

Cheers;

Gregory

VETERAN - (Noun) - Definition - One who signed a blank cheque as: “Payable to The People of Canada, Up To and Including My Life."

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Anonymous

Member since
November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Monday, October 31, 2005 9:07 PM

Excellent workmanship Vinman and Gburdon. Both look like ... No both look better than professional boths Thumbs Up [tup]

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thevinman

Member since
December 2003
From: CT - USA

Posted by thevinman on Monday, October 31, 2005 4:13 PM

QUOTE: Originally posted by Cableguy9238

Thanks for the quick response, Vinny!

-Adam

No problem! Whatever I can do to help. Smile [:)]

-Vinny

My Website Macross Group Build

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Cableguy9238

Member since
April 2005
From: SW Ohio

Posted by Cableguy9238 on Monday, October 31, 2005 3:46 PM

Thanks for the quick response, Vinny!

-Adam

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thevinman

Member since
December 2003
From: CT - USA

Posted by thevinman on Monday, October 31, 2005 3:04 PM

QUOTE: Originally posted by Cableguy9238

Looks GREAT! Would you mind answering a few questions I have are about the location of the blower inlet in the bottom right corner of the booth? I'm in the process of laying out my spray booth right now.

Does this location utilize the whole filter to the best of its ability? Does it only pull the paint/fumes/vapors down and toward the bottom corner? If the blower location DOES pull this stuff to one corner, is that a danger for inadvertantly pulling paint across the model?

Thanks for the input!

No problem. Feel free to ask...

The way I built the booth, I positioned the filter about 3" away from the inlet of the blower. This helps distribute the air pressure more evenly across the booth.

If you look closely at this picture you can see the shims I used. (You can see the pieces of Velcro also on these shims.) The filter lies up against these shims.

There is a little more suction in that corner, but it is hardly noticeable. And, it's nowhere near enough to pull the paint across the model.

You could, however, instead of shims, build a backboard with several smaller holes (again about 3" away from the blower inlet) that would position the suction more towards the center. The filter would lie against that. But, like I said. The configuration I used works fine as is.

-Vinny

My Website Macross Group Build

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Cableguy9238

Member since
April 2005
From: SW Ohio

Posted by Cableguy9238 on Monday, October 31, 2005 1:02 PM

Looks GREAT! Would you mind answering a few questions I have are about the location of the blower inlet in the bottom right corner of the booth? I'm in the process of laying out my spray booth right now.

Does this location utilize the whole filter to the best of its ability? Does it only pull the paint/fumes/vapors down and toward the bottom corner? If the blower location DOES pull this stuff to one corner, is that a danger for inadvertantly pulling paint across the model?

Thanks for the input!

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thevinman

Member since
December 2003
From: CT - USA

Posted by thevinman on Monday, October 31, 2005 9:02 AM

gburdon,
I'm glad I could provide you with some "motivation". Cool [8D]

If i'm ever re-modeling, I'll keep this in mind...and if I win the lottery I can think about the NEDERMAN system you have. Tongue [:P]

That reminds me. I need to make a trip to IKEA. It's a great place to get decent furniture/shop storge accesories, pretty cheap. (The downside is I have to take the wife along and that can be painful on the wallet.) Whistling [:-^]

-Vinny

My Website Macross Group Build

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gburdon

Member since
January 2003
From: Burlington, Ontario Canada

Posted by gburdon on Saturday, October 29, 2005 11:14 PM

vinman;

Your post got me jealous and I finally decided to build my spraybooth. It took about 5 hours but it is worth the effort.

http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c242/gburdon/Spraybooth.jpg
http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c242/gburdon/SprayboothFilter.jpg
I used the following (get this)
1. IKEA bedside table turned upside down with the drawer removed (FREE)
2. Lazy Susan, Ducting Vent from Home Depot, ($12.50)
3. Plexiglass slider from metal picture frame with one side removed for front
4. Filtering system NEDERMAN ($2500.00 New!) 2 Units free from a Company closing nearby prior to going into a dumpster (The best scrounge is a freebie!!!)

It works like a dream and the inside of the night table is huge. In the pic is my Firefly (1/35 Dragon)

Thanks for the inspiration to complete mine.

Hope the rest of you can get a spraybooth added to your bench soon. Oh before I forget anyone need a Range Hood I won't be needing it now....lol

Cheers;

Gregory

VETERAN - (Noun) - Definition - One who signed a blank cheque as: “Payable to The People of Canada, Up To and Including My Life."

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Anonymous

Member since
November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, October 27, 2005 5:52 PM

that is sweet! just one more thing to add to my build list. thanks for sharing.

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thevinman

Member since
December 2003
From: CT - USA

Posted by thevinman on Thursday, October 27, 2005 9:48 AM

QUOTE: Originally posted by nathaniel

That's one of the most impressive home made spray booths I've ever seen. The blower looks gigantic! I take it you get excellent air flow? Velcro for the furnace filter! Consider that idea stolen.