Hi!

I'm going to build my paint booth within a few days. The dust in the air in my flat made it inevitable. It's a must, it has to be.
I tried using an air ionizer/humidifier, that helped much, but didn't solve my problem. There are still dust particles on the painted surfaces.

So, the emphasis is on filtering the dust.
I plan to build a fully closed box made of transparent plexy, with two holes on the side that each will have one rubber glove glued in. I'm sure it won't be confortable to use it, but it's the only way I can keep the air clean around my model. There would be two other holes, one for the leaving fumes and paint particles, and the most important one for letting in the dust-free air.

I need ideas on how to make that latter work. The simple way would be an air vent and some filtering cloth, an air-filter used in cars, or the one for compressors, - maybe those disposable bags for hoovers will work too. The problem is that I know nothing about their efficiency, will they work or not.

Any suggestions are welcome.

hey

a car air filter would be to big unless it is a big paint booth and air filter in a car is for when the car is moving not sitting around so air would have to be moving to be filtered .hope that kind a helps you.


matt

well, a cheap replaceable solution would be a vacuum bag. get the high quality ones designed to help reduce allergins as they filter finer particles. you are going to have to have a high volume air flow anyway if you want to avoid having so much paint hanging in the air of that booth that you defeat the purpose of having it. if you have a really strong air pull, perhaps you could even use the bag in such a way that you get two layers of it working. you could also cut up the bags to use the material more efficiently.

otherwise, maybe use a couple layers of the household furnace filters - again the type for reducing allergins. you can get these in a cleanable and reuseable variety i think. not sure how available those are in Hungary though... I can't even recall seeing them when i lived in Germany (I know most places in europe don't have air blown heating systems)

not sure how the two would perform in comparison to each other. the latter will allow more airflow i suspect.

Hello,

I'm currently building my own paint booth, you can check it out under the tools forum. My suggestion is to use a 3M furnace filter. There are excellent in catching dust. I woulkd say probally the best on the market, and they come id different sizes. Although in comparision to other filters, they are a bit pricey at $9.00, but to me they are worth every penny. If you need any design help, I'd be glad to share my design with you.

Thanks
-Jay-

On another note, maybe you should re-think your design. I see that one of your main concerns is dust. You really don't need to enclose your booth, you just need a really powerful fan. I'm using a window fan, which works perfect fro acrylics. I've enclosed the fan, and run clothes dryer hose to the window. Even if I'm smoking about 4 feet away, it will suck the smoke right in!





-Jay-

good luck finding those in europe though!

Wow!
Thank you guys for your replies. After four days without comments, it was a small surprise that you helped today

However, I've already bought my equipments. I will use dust filter for vacuum cleaners, not sandbags, but filters that protect the engine. This stuff is about 3 mm thick, and looks sufficient for the job. It was the most promising that I could find in the local MediaMarkt. I've also bought two 10 cm vents, we'll see how they work.

I will be back soon -hopefuly before Monday- with the results