Fishstick Posted July 16, 2007 Report Share Posted July 16, 2007 Greetings all, I just recently joined the board (this is my first post) and I am very impressed with the quality of the work that you all are doing. It's very inspirational! I have already carved a few fish decoys but would like to start carving my own hard baits. I already have my first airbrush on order. The question I have is, if I am using acrylic paints (Createx) paints do I really need to use a spray booth if I paint indoors? Thanks, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bassmaster1974 Posted July 16, 2007 Report Share Posted July 16, 2007 I have been painting outdoors and indoors for a long time and I have never used a booth.I have always used Createx paints. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clamboni Posted July 16, 2007 Report Share Posted July 16, 2007 just use a dust mask or something or the droplets will stick to your nose hairs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BobP Posted July 17, 2007 Report Share Posted July 17, 2007 I use acrylics and usually paint in the garage, positioning newspaper to catch overspray. You do get some paint that jet dries and deposits as dust but it's non-toxic. I occasionally paint inside using the kitchen sink to catch overspray and haven't gotten any death ray looks from my wife yet but if you do alot of it, you would get more dust. I tried a simple spray booth but found I had to clean it up constantly to keep the dust from blowing around and getting on the baits I was painting. If you do alot of inside painting, it might pay to build a spray booth with air filtration. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clamboni Posted July 19, 2007 Report Share Posted July 19, 2007 Not worried about toxicity with the dust. Two things though. It's very annoying when it coats all your nose hairs and throat. Plus, even though it's non-toxic, it can interfere with gas exchange in your lungs if enough gets in there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kellure Posted July 19, 2007 Report Share Posted July 19, 2007 A paint booth is not reqd', however overspray will be an issue. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fishstick Posted July 19, 2007 Author Report Share Posted July 19, 2007 Thank you all for your replys. Nice to know I am not going to be harmed...except possibly from my wife if I mess up the place Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rjbass Posted July 19, 2007 Report Share Posted July 19, 2007 What is nice about a booth is you never have to worry about overspray or a mess or fumes of any kind. You can build your own for a few bucks and it is a fun project to boot. Just MHO.... Rod Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
