Hello there, any one have plans for build a spray booth, i´ll paint with acrylics.

Thanks

Hi,


Here in KitMaker at Digital Diamonds you have a feature about building one - Build your own Spray Box for under $50


You can also check this topic Spray booth, buy or build ?


HTH

Trabanino,
also post your question in the new forum Cammett's Corner, where an expert can help you. Unless you do it correctly, it can be dangerous building your own spray booth. Take care!

Vinnie

Hi There
building your own spray booth is possible but be aware you should use a flash proof motor,
there are several booths available to buy we are testing a Mr Hobby one from japan at the moment the cost of this booth will be approx £130.00 in the UK which includes a transformer for british power supply, this is quite reasonable considering most booths here cost £200 plus!
Regards Robin Carpenter

I work with ventilation and one thing that is common to do when transporting flammable material is to have the fan somewhere down the line so the concentration of the material is less. I have built my own and have the enclosed fan about 3 meters (10 ft) down the duct. Have a large opening around 12,5 cm (5 inches) so you take in at least 4x the amount of air to flammable content. You want about 1 to 2 cubic meter flow/minute at least a distance of 30 cm (1 ft).

HTH! Cheers!!!

Brian-- any chance you post some photos of your booth? I'd be interested in seeing how you made it.
thanks

I've just recently moved and all of my stuff is still packed away as the area I'm going to use is a storage area for the moment. I predict being able put my area in (somewhat) order just after Christmas, I'll get some pictures put up then.

Merry Christmas!

Hey Teacher, gotta take exception to it being "dangerous." Unless you are referring to someone with no modicum of sense, it really is not hard, nor dangerous. With that, building is not the issue....using it is (unless some one builds it with a Tupperware container and a hairdryer). Not being harsh, but I'm having an issue with the "willie nillie" worries of someone actually "MAKING SOMETHING" versus spending big money to buy it. No offense is given.

Trabanino, PM me if you desire and I'll send you pics and an SBS of my booth as seen here . This one was quite the build and it has been absolutly WONDERFUL. BUT, what I've done here can be done in a much less extravagant way and using a less costly "blower" unit. The unit I'm using is now almost two years old and it's been running at least four hours a day (I use it to vent my smoking too).

Check out the remarks by Shaun (a "bathroom extractor" can work) and Zaidi's (technical details) article give you the techy stuff.

There are a lot of booths out there and as many designs. Mine was straight forward. Put fan unit upside down, frame it, and add an enclosure. Even without a rangehood, it's really easy. Cheaper and funner than buying a factory made unit.

Anyhow, hope this helps some.

Oh, I use acrylics just about 99% of the time....so much easier to clean than enamels.

Mike

Mike how has you booth worked for you. It looks great from the pics. I know you stated something about this, but could you give a little more anset about how you like it, any drawbacks, you know what I mean more detail...

Thanks again!

Brian,

NO issues at all. It has worked like a charm! I'll need to change the filters very soon and the peg board surface is no longer gray...it's now mostly Russian Green...with a smidge of gray primer and US OD.

I have not yet seen, heard, felt any kind of a drawbacks to this one. Last time I removed the pegboard/filter combo, there was some "solids" that had settled at the bottom near the fan. These I merely vacuumed out. No funky sounds, no nothing. I really couldn't be happier! And, while using a "high-flow" AB nozzle (and acrylic paints) I sensed/smelled no vapors. It's been a sweet addition.

Hope that answers some questions and belays any concerns.

Mike

Thanks for your reply! I've done some figuring and if my math serves me correctly your unit of 450 cfm is roughly, slightly less than 13 cubic meters/minute. That is quite the unit!!! That would work in any direction, no matter what. It is alway fun to hear how the builder enjoys their build!!

Season Greetings!

Brian,

Not to hijack this, but you had some input on my "finished product." It sucks (literally and figuratively like a $2 *somethingorother*). It's a biggie....but one can still make a really nice paint booth with a regular 'ol hood or even a bathroom fan/motor system.

Trab's from the G land....I'm sure they have rangehoods. Even if not, what I built could be modified for a simple fan motor.

Anyhoooo, love what I have, works like a charm, and we can help a brother modeler get himself going.

Mike