Need help on a spray booth

CrossBone Cue

CrossBone Cue

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I am trying to build a booth to spray finish on cues. Don't really know what I am going to build and was wondering if there is any picture floating around that could be shared. 1 to 2 cues at a time is all I'm looking fat doing. I do heating and air for a trade so was thinking sheet metal top and sides, have about any motor squirrel cage cfm to draw air, 100 cfm to 2000. Any help would be useful.
Thank you for your time,
Steve
 
Hightower Cue Building Book

Chris' book has diagrams on a great set up that is simple to build. It also uses minimal materials. He has it well thought out. He also gives you the cheapest route to take for the exhaust fans, turning attachments, motors and how to stack as many as you want. That section alone will save you the cost of the book times four.

Daren
 
SouthernDraw said:
Chris' book has diagrams on a great set up that is simple to build. It also uses minimal materials. He has it well thought out. He also gives you the cheapest route to take for the exhaust fans, turning attachments, motors and how to stack as many as you want. That section alone will save you the cost of the book times four.

Daren
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who says that you have to spray????

Kim
 
whammo57 said:
Who told you that????

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I don not need anyone to tell me that. I have visited several other cue makers shops. All but on spins the cue. And the exception still sprays on his finish. Epoxy clear coat and or CA glue is a good finish for a newbie however is not good for the long hall. Auto clear or UV should be the best choice for cue makers. It makes sense this the original poster would ask questions about spray booths. This is normal.

To the original poster here is a link to what I have. http://www.ebay.com/itm/4-6-BENCH-SPRAY-PAINT-BOOTH-WITH-LIGHT-/371057265618
I added my own spinners to it. If you can fabricate and you have the room this is a good setup.

Jim.
 
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You don't need to spray the auto finishes, a good artists brush works as well. It goes on thicker and needs to be blocked out after but is doable. The best part of doing it this way is no airborne particles and 2 minute clean up.
 
spray booth

http://www.paascheairbrush.com/prod...rial-spray-booths/bench-booths/bbf/BBF-4-E1-1

You don't need to drop this kind of money, but look at how they are designed.
Since you work in Hvac, you should be able to calculate your cfm requirements.

If you can fit in an enclosed booth where you can filter the air coming in, you will save your self a lot of time sanding off dust nibs. My goal has always been a finish that takes minimal work after the spray. I started out spraying vertical and hand indexing.
Went to vertical spinning, and now horizontal spin. IMO horizontal spinning is the easiest to learn. With a good gun and variable speed spinner it's basically a no brainer.


If you are serious about cuemaking you must always factor time into your decisions.
Time is money. Like any other process, I would start out with the time proven
methods. The new water based stuff may turn out to be the nuts, but as of now
it doesn't have a long enough track record for me.
 
Squirrel cage fans

The most important safety element to remember is non-explosive fans. Your cost can be kept lower by using squirrel cage fans.
 
I was really interested in a tight enclosure and filter air before it enters. I did research on here and found Chris Hightowers design, I think standing the cues up would be easier to paint, but scared of runs. Using a auto clear coat with epoxy base. I already made a UV box, I deal in UV lights at work but not sure if its the same thing. I have not found anyway to easily install the cues into the devise I build. The spring loaded ones that I have seen picture on here. I saw the glue fixture that DECO CUEs had and I love those clamps with the handles. thank you all again for the help. I think I am enjoying setting up shop to much, when the cues happen in a year or so I think it will be something to be proud of. I have been making JP's for now, fixing to offer a bunch for sale, deer antler and water buffalo inlays, all hand done. Im learning so look for some cool stuff real soon.
steve
 
wow, not even close. Feller could get a tan with on of those, or melted eye balls. on a good day maybe both.
 
CrossBone Cue said:
wow, not even close. Feller could get a tan with on of those, or melted eye balls. on a good day maybe both.
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That's actually pretty close.

Too much exposure to direct UV light from one of these systems will "burn" your eyes. Basically it's the same thing as exposure to arc welding light.


Royce
 
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