spray booths

rjwood_uk · 25-05-2006

after watching all those video clips on testors scale workshop i im overly keen on getting a spray booth, untill i saw the prices!!!

the one that Bret guy has is close enought to £300!! and the cheapest one i can find is £250!!!

why are they sooo expencive?

at the moment i just have a 4-sided "box" to prevent other things from getting sprayed and where a face mask (which doesnt really work.....when i blow my nose its always the colour of whatever paint i have just sprayed.....which im sure you all wanted to know)

all they are is a metal shield with a fan and filters, i can imagine the cost of the materials being well under £100. I know you then have to take into consideration design costs, wages, advertisment....etc but is this just another case of being able to rip people off for a specialised item???

**wonwinglo** · 25-05-2006

Nigel uses a cooker extractor,no doubt he will be able to explain more about it.
Regarding protective masks those are a joke,you need a proper respirator with charcoal filters,as spraying is a real health hazard it really is worth investing in something to give protection to your lungs,if you want to see how the atomised paint hangs around in the air,just turn the lights off and you will see them.
Very few professional paint sprayers live to old age,dont want to scare you but really consider getting a decent mask as the dust builds up inside your system.

**Bunkerbarge** · 25-05-2006

There was a thread about this a few months ago where a few suggestions were discussed. try having a look with the search facility.

I know one of the ideas was using an old cooker hood.

rjwood_uk · 26-05-2006

all i could find was this...

http://www.scale-models.co.uk/showth...ht=spray+booth (Airbrush Booth extractor.)

did you get any luck down the scrap yard barry???

i dont think my parents would like me ripping apart the extractor hood!!! plus dont the motors in these have all the wires/brushes encased in the housing?

which would not be good for combustious fumes to go through....

5thelement · 26-05-2006

Sprayed some testors dullcote the other day and the fumes that stuff gave off was unreal, soo strong.

Back on-topic, i imagine with a bit of thought you could make your own spray booth with an extractor etc for less than half the cost of a commercially made one.

Possible use of a pc style extractor fan with a hose attached? maybe something a bit more powerful though, or a combination of a couple of those fans.

rjwood_uk · 26-05-2006

a lot of pc fans would be needed!!!

for an effective spray booth you want to remove at least 3 cubic inches per second of air a pc fan wont do that!!! the big ones you go in to spray cars change the entire air contents once a minute, so they have very powerfull extractors!!! but maybe 6-8 pc fans with a few sheets of oven hood filters in front could be quite affective i think, but then you have the problem of powering them!!!

any sugestions would be great!!!

thanks

5thelement · 26-05-2006

A car battery or a cb radio power supply (got one lying here, 13.8v, 5amps) or hmm, a power supply from a computer?

tigertc · 26-05-2006

I wear a mask.
£3.00 from B&Q (bargain bin)
A posher one can be found after the jump > www.b-link.co.uk/ awshow.htm?g=66821

**wonwinglo** · 26-05-2006

Nigel,where are you ? please advise on how you rigged up your cooker hood as the extractor for air brushing,some concern over combustion.

rjwood_uk · 26-05-2006

terry i have masks the same as that but trust me they are not fine enough to stop the fumes getting through..

i think barry ment something like this..

http://www.professionalequipment.com...qx/default.htm

which works out at £13.88 which isnt that bad a price!!!

it either get one of them or make a propper exctractor systep. im sure the mask would be cheaper....but then again having to replace the filters an extraction system may be cheaper in the long run....

still waiting for nigels input....