Pace Peace Keeper

I bought a Pace (the 24") model 3 years ago and have'nt regretted it.  I'm sure you'll be as happy as I am.

Well,

It arrived today. I have a few questions from anyone who may be able to answer them. After talking to Bob Pace, he told me that venting to the outside wouldn't really be neccesary as long as I replace the filter as needed. I'll buy that. However, I am still a little concerned about fumes. I have an industrial resperator (thank you fellow tax payers for that and I make the kids leave the Man-Cave when I am spraying. The caveat is that COMNAVHOUSEPAC has a 125 gallon salt water tank (anyone who keeps or knows anyone who keeps salt water tanks knows how expensive a screw up can be...) and I have a 48 gallon tank of my own down here.

I blew some smoke into it and didn't see anything coming from the vent tube but I also realize that paint fumes often cannot be seen. I guess what I am asking is, do you guys think I should go ahead and vent it to the outside? I know it can't hurt but I also have to deal with all the midwest humidity what with the window cracked. I'm leaning towards venting it anyhow but would like some feedback from more experienced folks.

Regards,

Jeff 

I don't think a simple furnance filter is going to remove everything to safely vent inside.  I bought this unit to blow it all outside as I have children in the house.  If you use enamels or any lacquer paints I definitly would not vent inside.  Maybe if you only use acrylics you could vent inside, but even acrylics have some things in them that I would'nt want to be directly exposed to on a regular basis.

P.S.  I have a 12 Gallon Salt Tank, but the tank is upstairs and my Pace is downstairs in my shop. 

Thanks Kirk,

 I thought as much. Off to Loew's I go... 

A simple furnace filter will do nothing for the lethal fumes associated with spraying enamel and lacquer based paints. You'd have to use gas mask filters for that and if you did it would cut your airflow so much it wouldn't work anyway.

Vent it to the outside! When in doubt...vent it out! Even if it mean renting a hole saw from the local rental shop, buying a dryer vent and some ducting for the install.

These can be installed through any outside wall...worth the time and investment. You shelled out the bucks for the booth...it's not that much more to finish it completely. 

Gerald,

Thanks for the response. But, when I said that I was off to Loews, I meant that I was going to buy the ducting. I actually have a window conveniently placed about 10 feet from the booth so I'm just going to run it out of there.

Regards,

Jeff 

i use motors to vent out the fumes.  if you decide to do the same be absolutely sure that they are "Brushless" motors.  otherwise you will get a big bang out of the whole situation.  quite litterally.  brush dc motors will spark on occasion which could ignite the fumes.

All the filter is inteded to do is to prevent the paint itself from going into the duct work.  and if you have motors in there it will ruin them.

i have done a bunch of research on this kind of thing.  when i first decided to airbrush, which wasn't that long ago, i wanted an booth however they are a little expensive,  so i made a cheap one out of a cardboard box, some wire, and a few T-pins.  i use three brushless motors that are in a window to vent out the fumes.  My dad had already built the motor mount and put the motors in when he was working on an entertainment center for our neighbors.  that was so he could vent the lacquer and the lacquer thinner out so the rest of the family would asphyxiate