68KingFisher Posted July 13, 2009 Report Share Posted July 13, 2009 Thought i'd share my paintbooth build with you guys.....As most of you know by now I've been airbrushing motorcycles and helmets among other things long before I ever decided to paint crankbaits which is what brought me to this website.....after the tornado hit our little town on 4/9/09 my old shop had been damaged heavily. We took this opportunity to make a few changes....the main one being a fully enclosed paintbooth area. We took the existing 12'X20' shop and built a wall seperating the inside into two 10'X12' rooms....I built a intake filter box to the left of the door that has four 20" sections that hold several filters in each section....my home furnace as well as the intake and exhaust filters will all be the same 20"X20" filter size. The exhaust system will be constructed on the wall opposite of the intake filters.....my plans are to have two towers of filters running up each corner of the room....these will be powered by an old household style furnace fan that can move 2200 cfm on high speed....I have used that fan for a couple of years and it works very well....i'm anxious to see how well it will work in this configuration....if need be i'll add a second fan and double the exhaust capacity.....the fan will be mounted on the outside of the shop as it was previously. As of this afternoon i'm still applying drywall mud, so I just stood a couple of filters in the corners of the room so you'll have an idea of what i'm going for......i'll post more pics as I go if ya'll are interested? I know this is overkill for most of you unless your into production painting lures, but I thought you might like to see it anyway.....this will work great for my motorcycle and helmet art and will allow me to shoot basecoats and clearcoat with my full size paint gun and not worry about overspray or trash getting in my clear anymore. Thanks for looking and i'd love to hear your comments. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hazmail Posted July 13, 2009 Report Share Posted July 13, 2009 KF - Interesting project and something I have been thinking I should be doing, I have the fan, just need some mDF and motivation. Will the 'spray booth' be between these filter towers or in front of the exhaust tower?? There is a recent thread (past 9 months) on building a booth, this may have a few tips?? Like your little shed, looks very cosy.pete Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
68KingFisher Posted July 14, 2009 Author Report Share Posted July 14, 2009 Will the 'spray booth' be between these filter towers or in front of the exhaust tower?? Pete, the whole room is the "spray booth"....Instead of sitting in front of a small booth, like you guys are used to seeing.......Once I get the exhaust system built it'll make more sense....i'm gonna try and have that done by the end of the week and i'll post more pics then. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hazmail Posted July 14, 2009 Report Share Posted July 14, 2009 Ah!! like standing in an air conditioning duct, been in plenty of those - that must be some fan you have there, I just hope it's not too cold outside.- Can't wait to see the set up. pete Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
68KingFisher Posted July 15, 2009 Author Report Share Posted July 15, 2009 Got the fan box built and mounted on the outside of the shop today, now I gotta build the plenum box that'll run along the floor between the two filter towers.....Pete this style crossdraft booth is about like painting in a wind tunnel...lol Its not cold here at the moment....I think we hit 103 today....lol...the large exhaust system is mainly for when I want to shoot basecoats or clearcoat thru my full sized guns....I'm looking at adding some type of smaller exhaust unit that won't move near as much air, for use when airbrushing only and I don't need that much exhaust....but for now I plan to just kick the big fan on periodicly....can't let it run all the time or it'll clear out all my conditioned air....or heated air depending on the season. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
68KingFisher Posted July 16, 2009 Author Report Share Posted July 16, 2009 All but finished building the plenum box today.....Now to build the framework that holds the filters....I taped some in the corner just so I could get a look at where i'm headed....its comin along nicely....I'm still on schedule to be done with it this week so I can get back to airbrushing....lol:lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
68KingFisher Posted July 18, 2009 Author Report Share Posted July 18, 2009 Well I finished building both exhaust filter towers this afternoon....I need to do a bit of caulking and then run the wiring for the fan switch and i'll be good to go....once i've got the walls painted i'll post a final set of pics....I'm really excited to finally have a decent paintbooth.....thanks for lookin. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RickJames Posted July 21, 2009 Report Share Posted July 21, 2009 Looks great! NIce work!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hazmail Posted July 21, 2009 Report Share Posted July 21, 2009 Looks like it's getting there KF, I bet you would not be sitting there if the fan was going.pete Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
68KingFisher Posted July 21, 2009 Author Report Share Posted July 21, 2009 Looks like it's getting there KF, I bet you would not be sitting there if the fan was going.pete It ain't that bad Pete....lol...its not like i'm windtunnel testing Nascar race bodies in there....lol......Actually, I hooked up the fan and did a test run yesterday, and I was very pleased with the results....its not a windtunnel....but it will vent out anything in the shop rather quickly.....I was sanding the drywall mud yesterday and all that white powder was falling to the floor, so once I got done sanding, I kicked on the exhaust fan and then hit the powder on the floor with my airgun....boy did that raise a white cloud of dust in the shop....hehehe....but, the fans pulled it right out...in just a few seconds the shop was clear.....So i'm sure its gonna work well for paint fumes and overspray. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BobP Posted July 21, 2009 Report Share Posted July 21, 2009 Man, a dedicated, custom built paint room with air ventilation/filtration! Makes me want to kick the wife's car out of the garage and shoo out all the gnats, mosquitos, and crickets. But then I think.... what would all the lizards in the garage eat? And when the lizards expire, what would the snake visitors eat? It's a slippery slope. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
68KingFisher Posted July 24, 2009 Author Report Share Posted July 24, 2009 (edited) Well i'm basicly finished with the paintbooth......except for the fact that i'm a terrible electrician and burned the high speed outta my exhaust fan when I wired it up incorrectly....Grrrrrrrrrr:censored: But i'll get my hands on another one later...they aren't too expensive...in the mean time i'll be using low and medium speeds only...lol. Lastly I was fortunate enough to have a buddy stop by and gave me an old wood kitchen cabinet that I decided to use for paint storage and a small bench....its gonna work out great other then once I started puttin my paints and stuff in there I quickly realized I had alot more then I realized....hahahaha....comes from years of being a packrat....lol....Heck I even found a full set of VanDykes taxidermy paints that I forgot I had...lol Well, I hope you guys got something from my build....I know its not exactly what the majority of you need in a paintbooth, but my hopes were that a few of you would take some of my ideas to use in your own setup one day.....It was completely built from scrap lumber and the only cash outlay was for drywall mud and tape, and some caulk and primer......it ain't no fancy high dollar store bought booth, but it'll do everything this poor boy might ever want to do. and then some....Thanks for lookin. Edited July 24, 2009 by 68KingFisher Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reeves Posted July 24, 2009 Report Share Posted July 24, 2009 KF, My hat is off to you. Fine job, very good looking set up that appears it will serve you well. Of course it is nice, neat, clean, . . . NEW! Shoot us a pic in a month LOL! Just a suggestion. If you can get your hands on an old refrigerator, use it to store your flammables in rather than having them in the open area of such a beautiful work place. Great job and thanks for sharing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
68KingFisher Posted July 24, 2009 Author Report Share Posted July 24, 2009 Naaaaaw....I'm a neat freak...lol....it'll never be much dirtier then it is right now or i'll go crazy till its clean....I'm kinda OCD about that...lol....In a month or so the only difference will be the addition of some murals on the walls....lol Interesting tip on using a fridge.....too bad I just gave one away a few months back, but it was a workin fridge and I donated it to a needy family.....I am keepin my eye's open for a used fireproof cabinet since i've bout got enough to fill one...lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hazmail Posted July 25, 2009 Report Share Posted July 25, 2009 I'm with George K.F, that cabinet would be empty in a week if it was me, bottles of paint scattered all over the benches - also great idea with the fridge George, I will have to find one, might save my shed, if not my life.pete Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mark poulson Posted July 26, 2009 Report Share Posted July 26, 2009 KF, I hate you. The last time I saw the floor of my garage shop was 28 years ago, when I bought the house. You might want to invest in some drawers with full extension glides for your paints, so you don't have to unload the front stuff to get to the back. Mark Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shade_skyhi Posted July 26, 2009 Report Share Posted July 26, 2009 Mike, Its awesome for the lack of better words when can I come by and visit? man its so AWESOME!!!! I like it, anything else you need I will attempt to help out. have a great day and enjoy it man Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
68KingFisher Posted July 26, 2009 Author Report Share Posted July 26, 2009 Mike,Its awesome for the lack of better words when can I come by and visit? Come on.....you still got my phone number dontcha?.....just give me a shout and we'll work out a time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
