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                        Homemade Spray Booth Done!

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                        thevinman
                        • Member since
                          December 2003
                        • From: CT - USA
                        Homemade Spray Booth Done!
                        Posted by thevinman on Wednesday, October 26, 2005 7:20 PM
                        Here it is, with the doors closed. Note the two holes in the doors. I used air conditioner filter material. This way I can keep a clean flow of air through the booth with the doors shut.




                        Here is the window outlet board. I used dryer vent with those slat thingys that pop open when there is airflow.


                        Here is the blower. 465 CFM. I got it from http://www.mdhydro.com/acshpoblexfa.html ~$95 bucks. Ordered it Thursday (ground shipping) and it was on my doorstep Friday.

                        [Safety Note] This fan is technically known a "shaded pole blower". The airflow is seperated from the motor. Risk of explosion is reduced, but not eliminated. (I mostly use acrylics, so I'm not worried.) If you are afraid of blowing yourself up...you've been warned.

                        Here are some of the other blower options I was considering:
                        http://www.finescale.com/FSM/CS/forums/535692/ShowPost.aspx


                        It’s 25x16….Doors open.


                        Here you can see the furnace filter I used. A little velcro keeps it secure.

                        Overall it cost me a little less than $150…and a weekend. Big Smile [:D]
                        -Vinny



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                        Bgrigg
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                          May 2005
                        • From: Left forever
                        Posted by Bgrigg on Wednesday, October 26, 2005 7:29 PM
                        Very impressive!

                        So long folks!

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                        nathaniel
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                        Posted by nathaniel on Wednesday, October 26, 2005 8:02 PM
                        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.
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                        Anonymous
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                        Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, October 27, 2005 6:28 AM
                        My oh My, What a wonderful Spraybooth you have! Great job vinny!Cool [8D]
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                        styrene
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                          May 2003
                        • From: The flat lands of the Southeast
                        Posted by styrene on Thursday, October 27, 2005 6:30 AM
                        Looks like a really nice setup! Have you tried it out yet?

                        Gip

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                        wing_nut
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                        • From: Piscataway, NJ!
                        Posted by wing_nut on Thursday, October 27, 2005 7:35 AM
                        Does that suck the paint off one side while you are spraying the other?

                        Looks great.

                        Marc  

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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.

                        QUOTE: Originally posted by styrene

                        Looks like a really nice setup! Have you tried it out yet?

                        Gip

                        It does get excellent airflow! I tried it out with some nasty smelling thinner and it works great. Can't even tell I was spraying in the room.

                        QUOTE: Originally posted by wing_nut

                        Does that suck the paint off one side while you are spraying the other?

                        Looks great.

                        LOL. It’s powerful, but it’s not going to suck me in with it! Smile [:)]
                        -Vinny



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                        Anonymous
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                        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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                        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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                        thevinman
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                          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]Big Smile [:D]

                        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



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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 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



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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 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



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                        Anonymous
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                          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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                        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 Thumbs Up [tup]


                        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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                        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



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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
                        Bow [bow]Bow [bow]Bow [bow]
                        Current builds: Monogram P-40B Revell F-15E
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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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                        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

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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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                        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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                        Anonymous
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                          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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                        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!Approve [^]

                        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



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                        Anonymous
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                          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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                        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
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                          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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                        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



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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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                        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]

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                        "Put the pedal down & shake the ground!"

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