Some time ago someone posted a PDF detailing the construction of a spray paint booth (more of a box really). I've searched and come up empty each time.
Does anyone knkow what Im talking about- or better yet have the file or any plans for a simple spray paint box?
Thanks!
AG
I havent spray painted boxes, but I have primed small, 28mm scale figures :)
Use a big cardboard box, but newspapers all over the place and infront of the box aswell. Paint as normal... lol :) Worked for me. Use bursts of spray, from far enough. Too close - drops, too far - no paint. Experimeting :)
i think it'd be funny to use an old broken microwave...
that way, you could use the motor that rotates the plate to sit the unit on, and spray away! :)
you could also warm up your coffee once it's gone cold.
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Yes man, I feel your pain here. I've always wanted to spray polyurethane paints at home, but they need a spray booth (preferreably with negative pressure). I just don't have the money to do it, so I just go to my cousin's house to paint as he's lisenced to shoot poly and has a booth.
The basic thing is this, the booth is a just huge and like a room or shed outside.The ventilation in a simple booth is through two matched fans (both about 3000cfm), one pulling in, one exhausting. Usually the intake air is also filtered and sometimes ionized for better spraying results.
Here's a little site that kinda shows you how to build booths:
http://www.ronjoseph.com/Q&A/spraybooth.htm
What you need for a spray booth depends on what you want to spray. If you're spraying non-toxic paints, you can get away with a box with a furnace filter and a fan.
If you're spraying poly-urethanes, you'll need something a lot more robust (and fire proof).
Forget about shooting 2 part clear coats unless you want to catch a severe case of dead. Make friends with a body shop and ask them to do your clear.
There is a good deal of info over at www.airbrush.com. Be sure to search before you ask questions, because the "use the search" police are in full effect.
I made one for painting model cars, & is also big enough to paint FX boxes.
It's a wall mounted cabinet with an open back that I got at Lowes for under $30 about 4 years ago. I closed up the back with wood and cut a circular hole to mount a blower motor to. The blower motor is from Grainger & I seem to remember it being in the $60 price range. I bought a small fluorescent lamp & mounted it to the ceiling of the box. The filtration is any type of thick air conditioner filter. The vent is run though the window opening & I remove the horizontal section when not using the spray booth, to be able to close the window.
99% of the time I am shooting lacquers in this, & have no problems with fumes, & surely no problems with overspray. When spraying 2 part paints, I wear a 2 stage respirator. I have a small incandescent deck lamp that I can put inside & close the door for a mild low temp. baking oven.
(http://www.sbkustoms.com/shop/booth1.jpg)
(http://www.sbkustoms.com/shop/booth2.jpg)
(http://www.sbkustoms.com/shop/booth3.jpg)
(http://www.sbkustoms.com/shop/booth4.jpg)
(http://www.sbkustoms.com/shop/booth5.jpg)
Hope this helps,
Steve
That looks great! Thanks for sharing
there was a sanding booth up some time ago but its just a basic thing heres the old link still works
http://www.geocities.com/ansilgregory/sandingbooth.htm
you could probally use this for painting though