Isn't there a risk of explosion if the overspray is sucked
past a fan motor?
Larry Hoy
> -----Original Message-----
> From: shop-talk-owner@autox.team.net
> [mailto:shop-talk-owner@autox.team.net]On Behalf
> Of Eric Murray
> Sent: Tuesday, November 02, 1999 9:22 AM
> To: Gil Fuqua
> Cc: shop-talk@autox.team.net
> Subject: Re: Painting small parts
>
>
>
> On Mon, Nov 01, 1999 at 02:52:26PM -0600, Gil Fuqua wrote:
> >
> > Any other suggestions for a paint booth. Any
> plans to make a small paint
> > booth?
>
>
> I made one in a back room of a house once. It
> had a concrete floor
> and had been used as a workshop by a previous tennant.
>
> My paint booth consisted of plastic sheeting
> stapled over the walls
> and ceiling, and plastic sheet on the floor. I
> bought a small cheap
> box fan and some aluminum duct tubing. The duct lead from
> a bottom corner of the booth about 10 feet to
> where the fan was
> duct-taped to the ducting, then another set of
> ducting venting
> taped on the other side lead out an outside door.
>
> The fan was set to suck air out of the booth, and
> I would leave a corner
> near the ceiling open for the air intake. This
> way the fan wasn't
> stirring up dust. The floor accumulated paint
> dust after the first use,
> so I would wet it down before painting. The
> compressor set outside the
> booth, so it's fan would not stir up dust. I
> made the booth big enough
> to fit motorcycle parts (frames etc) with lots of
> room left over so I
> could set up and shoot more than one thing at a
> time and have room to
> manuver around them.
>
> The booth cost me about $40 worth of material.
> The only problems were
> that the fan didn't move enough air to really
> clear the fumes, and
> wearing a mask didn't completely take care of the
> fumes. And the room I
> had it in only shared a single door with the
> house (no interior walls)
> and paint fumes would leak into the house through
> the door.
>
>
>
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