Low-Cost/Knockdown Spray Booth info

ELBeau

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Here are some links I found and thought I'd share:
1- Five-Minute Spray Booth
http://www.woodworkingtips.com/etips/2004/08/27/sn
I recently purchased some spray equipment to use for finishing my projects. Unfortunately, I don't have room in my garage shop for a dedicated spray booth for large projects. So instead, I created a "knock-down" spray booth that I can set up in five minutes and then store out of the way quickly.

First, I purchased a roll of 4-mil plastic from a home center. I cut one piece to line the inside of my garage door and attached it with duct tape. Then I cut sheets of plastic for the sides and back of the booth.

To hang the plastic sheets, I stapled each one to a 1?″-wide strip of wood and then bolted the strips to the tracks for the garage door. The strip holding up the "back" wall of the spray booth rests across both tracks, as shown in the drawing.

The bottom edge of each sheet is sandwiched between two strips of wood. This helps to weigh down the plastic sheets and makes it easier to roll the "walls" up when you're done.

To use the spray booth, I simply roll down the plastic sheets. (The corners can be folded over to seal the booth.) Then I raise the garage door to create a "ceiling" for the booth. The booth helps to contain the finish and prevents overspray from getting all over everything else in the garage. When I'm finished spraying, I just roll the walls up and and secure them with some string, see detail drawing at right.


~Information courtesy of Phil Huber, Online Editor, ShopNotes
*Note: Images are attached. Don't forget proper ventilation/exhaust here, but I thought this was a great way to protect equipment without permanently dedicating an area to finishing. (Just be sure you don't shoot finish all over your wife's car!) :sorry:

2- A Low-Cost Spray Booth
Spend your dollars on an explosion-proof fan motor
by Jeff Jewitt
http://www.taunton.com/finewoodworking/Workshop/WorkshopPDF.aspx?id=2622
*Note: This file requires free registration for the download.*

Hope this helps a few guys think outside the box to utilize limited shop space to advantage!

~Beau
 

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ELBeau,

For years, I built a few cues every so often in my garage. I built a spray box that consisted of a box that was 18" wide, by about 36" tall, and it was on legs. The cue would sit on a drill motor vertically right in the front. Directly behind the cue were home AC filters, and directly behind that was a fan.

I used automotive clear that was dust free very quickly. The small amount of overspray that came out of the fan was already dry by the time it made it through the filters. I would spray with my cars literally 6 feet from the outlet of the spray box and never got any overspray on them.

I did this for probably 12 years!

The things to remember is to have the right kind of respirator that is made for Icocyanates, and to use the right kind of fan (explosion proof).

I did this in my garage which was always filled with sawdust, and never had problems with dust in my finish.


Oh well,

Just a thought!


Royce Bunnell
www.obcues.com
 
Spray booth

Mine's a little more complicated than Royce's, but it's pretty much the same program. I had a local A/C shop make me a metal box about 2x4 ft with a front lip that I can put in paper filters. I have it mounted to the wall. The top is vented to a spark proof fan that exhausts out side. No problem with saw dust, and believe me I have plenty. Definitely follow Royce's advice on the mask. I mark the date on the filters and store mine in a ziploc bag when not using it. I also wear a tyvek paint hood with a clear visor. Maybe over kill, but they are pretty cheap potection.
 
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