PAINT SPRAY BOOTH ON A BUDGET

[dnic]

Hi all, I've been working on a spray booth in my shop. Kind of went back and forth on this corner it ended up in or in front of the window where I always spray. My shop that was already a mess got cleaned up a lot and then turned upside down to move stuff around to make room in the corner. These pics are of the more or less finished booth. It needed up costing about 350$ which is more than I wanted. I lucked into a free exhaust fan that has a lot of power. The walls are clear corrugated plastic so I get some natural/ shop light inside. I still need to add a light inside the booth. I will get video at some point and add that to this thread. The guitar body is just a very rough place holder. It's pretty tight inside after the door is closed. I did a test spray to see how well it pulls the overspray out. I'm very happy so far. Only time will tell how quickly the filters load up and need to be changed. Being in a neighborhood I want to keep the oder down to a minimum.

[antares]

It looks great Dane, the filtered vents are correct. If you put a lamp in it goes without saying that it has to be a flame proof enclosed type luminaire. You did that for 350 bucks? That's excellent. Working in such an enclosed space a vapour mask is essential. I know right well you know that, but I underline it because one of my best friends is eeking out an existence on oxygen cylinders after spraying around twenty five Lambretta scooter frames with Hammerite (oh flip!) in his clothes airing cupboard without any mask.

I don't need to tell you to suck eggs, especially with your experience compared to my own, but relating it is a salutary reminder to everyone about safety procedures. I've only ever sprayed nitro on one neck with rattle cans which I did by holding (deep) breaths and dashing in and out of the shed, for no better reason than my vapour mask was buried away somewhere, and after having waited weeks for suitable atmospheric conditions I just wanted to get on with it. Never again Bro'.

でつ e&oe ...

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Looks good to me! It will help in keeping over spray out of the shop.

EB

[dnic]

Oct 5, 2022 2:13:27 GMT -6 antares said:

It looks great Dane, the filtered vents are correct. If you put a lamp in it goes without saying that it has to be a flame proof enclosed type luminaire. You did that for 350 bucks? That's excellent. Working in such an enclosed space a vapour mask is essential. I know right well you know that, but I underline it because one of my best friends is eeking out an existence on oxygen cylinders after spraying around twenty five Lambretta scooter frames with Hammerite (oh flip!) in his clothes airing cupboard without any mask.

I don't need to tell you to suck eggs, especially with your experience compared to my own, but relating it is a salutary reminder to everyone about safety procedures. I've only ever sprayed nitro on one neck with rattle cans which I did by holding (deep) breaths and dashing in and out of the shed, for no better reason than my vapour mask was buried away somewhere, and after having waited weeks for suitable atmospheric conditions I just wanted to get on with it. Never again Bro'.

でつ e&oe ...

Actually, Steve, I've done some pretty stupid things with spraying toxic products in the name of "get it done" and can't afford the correct way. So thanks for the reminders.

I will also add I forgot to point out the walnut filter support and product shelf.

[dnic]

Oct 5, 2022 6:06:57 GMT -6 @eagleblues said:

Looks good to me! It will help in keeping over spray out of the shop.

EB

Yes it will Eddie. Although my main goal in all this is to keep the shop out of my guitar finishes. As close quarters as it is in the booth it will be very well decorated before too long.

[dnic]

I've some more pics of the shop after rearranging and cleaning up. Still looking for convenient places for the rest of the clamps. I want to get rid of the cart and put the vacuum under there and also put a router lift in the end of the table where the old router set up was/is. The router lift is too big to work with the clamp cart. I added quite a few more shelves in n effort to keep the big areas clear for work and keep the tools and so forth on the shelves.














As you can see in the band saw pic there are still little pockets of detritus that need putting away or throwing out. I also tightened up the spacing on the sanders on the bench. I wanted more room on the left wall side of the disc sander.

[Deleted]

Looks pretty good Dane! Have you thought of mounting the router under the wing of the table saw? I did that when I had my other shop in AZ. Worked out pretty well.

 As far as clamps go. You might try and hang them off the shelving or put up some 2x2s on the walls to hang them off of.

It's turned off really cold here. Should be back in the 60s for a short time in the next day or two. I may be buying me some kind of heater for the shop, just to help take the edge off. It won't be a place I can keep warm do to the open beams at the roof. I am not able to get up there and close them off.

But a nice job on your shop!

EB

[dnic]

Oct 19, 2022 6:01:41 GMT -6 @eagleblues said:

Looks pretty good Dane! Have you thought of mounting the router under the wing of the table saw? I did that when I had my other shop in AZ. Worked out pretty well.

 As far as clamps go. You might try and hang them off the shelving or put up some 2x2s on the walls to hang them off of.

It's turned off really cold here. Should be back in the 60s for a short time in the next day or two. I may be buying me some kind of heater for the shop, just to help take the edge off. It won't be a place I can keep warm do to the open beams at the roof. I am not able to get up there and close them off.

But a nice job on your shop!

EB

Thanks Eddie, the router is already under the saw table. It's to the right of the clamp cart. That's why the cart has to go away because the router lift is bigger than the bear router I have hanging there now.

I've been looking all over trying to spot another place that makes sense to me for a clamp ledger. I had to laugh at myself the other day, I was telling someone I didn't want to walk myself to death chasing clamps. But the shop is only 20 feet square. I'm planning to do a video on installing the lift and that will show the area very well.

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That will be cool to see a video. That is funny how we think of things. Like the space we have. It's been taking me a while to think that I have more space than ever for my shop these days. I still think at time I am in my condo with 8x10 space. LOL! I am in a much bigger space now! WOW! I still can't get over it.

EB