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    November 2005
Water Trap for Spray Booth
Posted by Anonymous on Saturday, April 2, 2005 12:14 AM
hey ppls...
ok, my question is could i use a water trap to clean the contaminated air coming from a spray booth? i ask this coz its prob gonna be the next thing i make for my 'office' as i have finished making my self a bigass workbench Smile [:)] the only prob is the ventilation. i live in a flat and i cant vent it outside coz i would have to close the whole window up ( theres only one... windows here in oz are diff than europe, and the states im guessing from pics i have seen. its just one big one, ~1.5m high, 2.5m wide and opens from left to right) not only would it be a pain to block off, my neighbours and gf have windows a few meters over from mine, so theyd prob cop most of the fumes hehehe.
anyways, i read somewhere that a water trap (bucket fuill of water with exhaust pipe submerged inside?) would do the trick, and was hoping that some of the chemically minded forum members (styrene? Wink [;)] ) could tell me if it is a good setup to get rid of fumes....
also, if anyone has anyother suggestions on how to tackle this prob, id love to hear them, even if they are just ideas....

thanks in advance!!!
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    November 2005
Posted by Anonymous on Saturday, April 2, 2005 3:02 PM
If you can get a decent size box that will acmodate what ever you are spraying get a small fan and short hose run it ou the back of box hose out let just above abucket of water (about an inch or 2) and you<ll capture all excess spray and fumes Works good I live in an apartment no problems
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  • From: The flat lands of the Southeast
Posted by styrene on Monday, April 4, 2005 7:06 PM
Booths based on a water trap system are incredibly inefficient. You'll catch a lot of pigment, but won't have much luck with vapors unless they are water soluble (e.g., alcohols, glycols, etc.). In addition, running several hundred cfm of exhaust air through water is going to send water everywhere unless you have enough volume to safely bubble the air through. Personally, I think you would be better off:
1. Getting one of the Artograph spray booths. They are a downdraft booth, which means it takes less airflow (~ 50CFM) to achieve the same purpose as a back drafted booth does (several hundred CFM depending on booth size requirements.) The Artograph booth also has an activated charcoal filter system designed to catch and adsorb organic vapors and return the cleaned air back into the room; hence no need for outside exhaust. And their prices are pretty reasonable, too.
2. Build your own booth and attach some 4" (should be large enough) flex duct to the exhaust side, open your window when you are ready to spray, run the flex duct out the window, spray, and then retrieve your ducting and close the window when you're through. Dilution from fresh air should be great enough that your neighbors won't be able to tell you're spraying (unless you're going full tilt with a super spray can, or you're painting full size auto parts in your flat). Plus the fresh air from the window will provide some additional dilution ventilation for any fugitive vapors not entrained by your booth.

Forgot to mention that the flex duct should NOT be plastic dryer hose, but the metallic variety (aluminum, I think) that can be had at most hardware stores.

Just my opinion. Hope this helps some....
Gip Winecoff

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  • Member since
    November 2005
Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, April 5, 2005 2:54 AM
thnaks alot for the help ppls!! Smile [:)]
styrene, thats a shame theyre ineffective, as i think it would have been a cool way to filter the fumes out..(look mummy, it works just like a bong Tongue [:P] )
anywyas, i think i will go with the venting outside option, as spraybooths are kinda expensive (200 usd minimum i think), plus i dont even know where to get one here in oz...
also, i like the sound of the idea bout venting outside, and it seems simple enuf to do.....so i think thatll be my course of action

thanks again, styrene!!!
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