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Re: New car, new problems

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Subject: Re: New car, new problems
From: Richard Beels <beels@technologist.com>
Date: Tue, 26 May 1998 23:55:43 -0400
BOOM!  call MSC and/or Graingers and pick up and explosion-proof fan.  Not
cheap, but then so's the garage.  Quick perusal of the fans gives a range
of $250-$700 - depending on size and CFM....

>Mike Rambour wrote:
>
>>   Almost on the same subject, can I use a kitchen stove top hood for a
>> small painting booth or will it go BOOM ?  I plan on building a small box
>> for painting all the usual small parts that go into a car, nothing big or
>> fancy just 3 feet by 3 feet  and I was thinking of using a kitchen hood to
>> remove the paint vapors.  What I want to do is cut a hole in the garage
>> wall and hang a box in the hole on the outside, with plastic on the inside
>> of the garage.  Start the fan, paint the part, let down the plastic and
>> keep working on other things while the paint dries and hope that keeps the
>> majority of the vapors out of the garage.  Will it work, will it go boom,
>> is there better for not too much money (considering I already have a old
>> hood to use).
>>


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