At home paint booth

[Ingersoll444]

Well, sense the summer's pretty much over, I will have to bring my painting inside. I dont want to have over spry everywere, so I want to set up some form of a make shift booth. I was planing using a box fan, set up to suck out, with a fernous filter on it to keep the mess down. Maybe tarp sides. Any other ideas for me? Tips, or tricks?

[drbailey]

ingersoll444
several years ago I built a booth in my home garage . It closed in like a room with plywood wall`s , then I bought sheets of white metal .(4 ft by 15 ft) from a factory here in town for wall covering.
The fan , I built in LOW to the floor , I used a exhaust fan wit a off set motor . A center motor will get to much overspray.
The doors , I framed rrom 1 inch square tubeing. covered it with the white metal , except for the bottom . there I used furnace filters.
It worked good for years , Then my ex wife took it away !!
Now a Tysen chicken farmer is playing in my garage !! :fing20: ROF

[mark777]

I agree with Drbailey.

Only thing I might add is make sure its tight enough to hose out (garden hose) up to about 6' on walls and floor. You don't want to get your rafters or lights wet...and do all this before your bring in your mixing station and tractor. It makes for excellent results.

Mark

[Ingersoll444]

I am planing a sepret "clean room" set up like that if I ever get around to building my pole bard, but for now I need quick up, and down. Stuck doing it in my garage.

[Fusion1970]

Paul- I was confronted with your same problem awhile back while I was painting a bunch of little league football helmets.

My garage walls are drywall, but the ceiling is just exposed truss'. In the corner of the garage against one wall and the garage door, I measured out like 8' from the wall and garage door. I nailed a 2x4 to the rafter or truss, then secured it at the concrete floor with duct tape- as it was only a temporary thing. I then bought a roll of heavy guage visquene and attached one end to the drywall with finishing nails and firring strips. I then lightly stretched it around the 2x4, providing a "corner". I was going to open the garage door high enough to where it sit on top of my fan, then fill in the rest of the hole with cardboard or more plastic.

I ended up getting them all painted, avoiding the forecasted rains, so I never had to utilize it. It would have worked beautifully though. For a filter, I was thinking of using just a piece of foam rubber to stop the overspray from hitting the electrical fan- and to keep the overspray off my driveway. The top of the plastic was to be secured with a staple gun, and at the floor, I was going to just sit objects on top of the plastic to hold it tight against the floor, or duct tape would work too.

I also planned to just use the garage door for access so I could keep the rest of the garage totally sealed against the overspray. All in all, it took about 2 hours to construct. I have a neat pic of it, but dont have a scanner.

Hope this gives ya an idea or two. Keep us posted on what you come up with, as im always open for suggestions. :fing32:

Greg