I'm interested in buying a paint booth. I'm looking at one from Walthers and one from Micro-Mark. Can you give any advice? Thanks
Rick
Rick
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why not just make your own? all you need is a big box, some ducting, run the ducting from the back of the box to a shop vac/vaccume
I made my own out of 3/4" med grade plywood. I made it 2' wide and 16" deep and 14" tall. I actaully made it angle the sides slightly toward the top.
Last edited by Throttle_JCKY on Tue Jul 06, 2004 6:48 pm, edited 1 time in total.
Hope you haven't built your booth with a shop vac or any other ordinary household vacuum cause there's a good chance you'll blow yourself and the models UP. You shouldn't have the paint vapor pass through or near the motor housing. The safe move is to use a brushless motor. Plus, you gotta move a WHOLE LOTTA air to ensure complete fume exhaustion, something on the order of 550 cubic feet per minute, which requires a squirrel cage fan.
Suggest you contact "Model Railroader" magazine for a copy of their article and plans for a safe booth.
Best switches,
Suggest you contact "Model Railroader" magazine for a copy of their article and plans for a safe booth.
Best switches,
Mainline Modeler also had a number of plans for spray booth's in their past issues, as a matter of fact I used one of these to build my new spray booth recently.
And a big ditto on the fan, look for a Dayton Exhaust fan that will move at least 500 mcf with an outside mounted motor.
Another thing is to use a metal hose/pipe to the outside and not plastic dryer vent hose as Regular Floquil, Accupaint, and Scalecoat I can attack the plastic in the hose.
Just my .02.
Rick
And a big ditto on the fan, look for a Dayton Exhaust fan that will move at least 500 mcf with an outside mounted motor.
Another thing is to use a metal hose/pipe to the outside and not plastic dryer vent hose as Regular Floquil, Accupaint, and Scalecoat I can attack the plastic in the hose.
Just my .02.
Rick