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[73440]

Good job !
I'm sure you will enjoy knowing you did it, and not just saving money.
Would like to do that on mine one day.

[moparcar]

Absolutely nothing wrong with making your own paint booth and doing it yourself! 

@tparker Looking good! Keep it up!

@Claudia What did you do for ventilation in your home booth? I see you have neighbors (mine are even closer), how about the normal paint smell? Did you do anything to filter it? I'm planning on doing my own paint as well.

Thanks, Wes

[tparker]

Thanks.

I myself didn't do a lot of 'proper' ventilation. Previously I used a fan, but then found out there are concerns regarding sparks and flammable aerosol. I don't think I see the appropriate emoji above for that one. LOL. But what I did was to have an exit hole with a simple filter to capture dust and overspray. On the inlet side I used a blower which cost about $50. A slightly larger one might be better. It sat outside the room and blew air into it, thus creating an over pressurized room that would push air out. I used the box it came in and cutout holes for the air inlet and outlet. For the inlet I just added fitlers to limit dust. All this worked fairly well. Much less dust than last time. But none of this does anything for the smell. That would be a different issue. I am no expert, but I think it's unlikely that the dangerous stuff gets out in a dangerous way. But would to hear more on this topic. But you can smell it from a distance.

Tom

[ledphoot]

Looks really good, I am not allowed anywhere near a paint gun... Glad there are people out there that can do this

[Claudia]

@MoparCar Not much . . . I sealed off the entire inside of my garage with painters plastic, wet the floor down and put a box fan in the service door entrance, put on a mask and that was pretty much it.  Paint smell wasn't too bad . . . however the clear coats were a different story and that garage was attached.  I sealed the entrance door to the house the best that I could but the clear coat smell still got in the house.  As far as filtering anything going outside, I did not.

[JS29]

I have 90% containment exhaust filters on my booth. they do nothing to eliminate the Oder.   

[moparcar]

Thanks @tparker and @Claudia for your booth details. I may try a combination of the sticky pre-filters and charcoal filters and possibly a water spray to knock down the vapors at the exhaust.

Wes

[larry4406]

Claudia - positive pressure?

[YellowThumper]

Positive will prevent dust intrusion.

[Claudia]

Claudia - positive pressure?

Not really sure  . . . I was just trying to keep debris from getting in the paint.

[06Daytona]

Wet the floor and put a piece of chain from the rear end to the floor. It keeps the dust from sticking to the car and the water keeps the dust from rising and it will catch alot of the overspray and make clean up later easier.

[JS29]

I like to ground them from the frame with A chain! the rear differential is mounted in rubber bushings at the springs.   

[73440]

Wet the floor and put a piece of chain from the rear end to the floor. It keeps the dust from sticking to the car and the water keeps the dust from rising and it will catch alot of the overspray and make clean up later easier.

This reminds me of work I did for 13 years , building concrete mausoleums, we would wet down the walls of the crypts when it was time to crawl inside and sweep out all the concrete dust and debris , rarely had to use a mask when wetted down like that , without the water you get what we called crypt lung ,cement dust adhering to our lungs proboably.