Who uses a spray booth

[Bortig the Viking]

Hi all, my day has gone from silly to disaster, thought I'd do a little spray and clean afterwards only for my new spray booth, bought from Amazon at a cheap price I now know why, I thought it was an expo ab500, as per listing, but I think it was a Chinese copy, for a couple of base hinges to break then I as tried to see what had happened the whole spray area platform broke away leaving me with a handful of broken bits of plastic.
I'm not a happy man, anyone recommend a good replacement one that does need sticky tape, a lot of it.

 

[scottie3158]

Hi all, my day has gone from silly to disaster, thought I'd do a little spray and clean afterwards only for my new spray booth, bought from Amazon at a cheap price I now know why, I thought it was an expo ab500, as per listing, but I think it was a Chinese copy, for a couple of base hinges to break then I as tried to see what had happened the whole spray area platform broke away leaving me with a handful of broken bits of plastic.
I'm not a happy man, anyone recommend a good replacement one that does need sticky tape, a lot of it.

Sorry to hear about that, cant you get a replacement from Amazon as not fit for purpose or cancel your payment.

 

[Bortig the Viking]

Yes, I've done the return on line, all done via Hermes so will be sent back tomorrow morning, not sure about getting another one from Amazon might just have the same problem. What do you guys think ?

 

[Bortig the Viking]

Hi guys, as you might have read in the latest acquisitions thread (now merged into this post, Admin). my Spray booth fell apart, I'd like to know who uses a portable spray booth for airbrushing and who doesnt, want to see if I'll get a new one, if you dont how do you manage without one. All help appreciated.

 

[adt70hk]

Yes, I've done the return on line, all done via Hermes so will be sent back tomorrow morning, not sure about getting another one from Amazon might just have the same problem. What do you guys think ?

Hi there, I bought this off eBay. Cheap at £54 when I got it but reasonably solid and compact when folded away, plus lots of spare parts available. If you want to know more PM me as I have lots of pictures of the set up.

ATB

Andrew

 

[JR]

Yes, I've done the return on line, all done via Hermes so will be sent back tomorrow morning, not sure about getting another one from Amazon might just have the same problem. What do you guys think ?

Mark , hi , why not get the one that John sells in the shop
At £74.9 Not bad price either remember to put CODE REMOVED when you buy .

 

[Bortig the Viking]

Yeah I've seen that one, just wondered how strong it will be ?

 

[JR]

Yeah I've seen that one, just wondered how strong it will be ?

I've a similar one, ok they all are plastic sided, but seems ok.I have mine set up permanently. Send John an email and ask what they are like, he won't sell crap anyway .

 

[Bortig the Viking]

I've a similar one, ok they all are plastic sided, but seems ok.I have mine set up permanently. Send John an email and ask what they are like, he won't sell crap anyway .

Will try that.

 

[JR]

Will try that.

Mark , lets us know how you get on.

 

[SimonT]

Mark , hi , why not get the one that John sells in the shopView attachment 362603
At £74.9 Not bad price either remember to put when you buy .

I also have one of these and it works fine. The side screen panels are moulded as one piece so none of those hinges to snap off

I got mine as a replacement for a genuine Expo AB500 on which all the hinges had disintegrated

 

[Steven000]

Hi Mark,
I made one with MDF and an old kitchen hood. It's really strong and durable if you have the time for a project like that.

I found some old pictures of the construction;



I've build it in summer 2016, and it still works great, very pleased with it.

Hopefully you find or make a good one

Cheers, Steven

 

[Jakko]

Mark , hi , why not get the one that John sells in the shopView attachment 362603
At £74.9 Not bad price either remember to put when you buy .

I’ve got one of those (note that the hose attaches to the back and not the top, as the photo makes it look like it does), and I’m happy enough with it — though I replaced the aluminium foil hose with a plastic one for a tumble dryer that I bought in a hardware store, because IMHO the aluminium is too flimsy and in any case I had a devil of a time getting it to fit onto the spray booth’s exhaust pipe and the window nozzle that came with it.

 

[Mr Bowcat]

I have one of these from here https://bartsharpairbrush.co.uk/product/airbrush-spray-booth-exhaust-kit-led-lights/.

I think this is the upgraded version of the one John sells. It does fold up but the plastic & hinges seem sturdy enough. I went with this one because the lights seemed better, and they are indeed very bright.

 

[dave]

I have a Sparmax SB-88 i bought from a arts supplier here in Belgium, it was around €150.
I have been very happy with it and it works well. Only niggle is there is no in built illumination, but as the top is translucent i find a desk lamp above it does the trick when needed.

 

[Jim R]

Hi
Like Dave I have a booth without a light and I too have a lamp by the side. If I was replacing mine I would definitely go for one with a nice built in light.
Jim

 

[Bortig the Viking]

Thanks for everyone's input.

 

[MikeC]

Hi all, my day has gone from silly to disaster, thought I'd do a little spray and clean afterwards only for my new spray booth, bought from Amazon at a cheap price I now know why, I thought it was an expo ab500, as per listing, but I think it was a Chinese copy, for a couple of base hinges to break then I as tried to see what had happened the whole spray area platform broke away leaving me with a handful of broken bits of plastic.
I'm not a happy man, anyone recommend a good replacement one that does need sticky tape, a lot of it.

Mark,
Get onto Amazon in the help section and you can arrange a call from them I think it comes under 'Where's my stuff'. Let them know what has happened and you should get a refund.
Now in most cases they will tell you to keep the item and send photos. Then use the refund for a bit of MDF and mak up the surround from that, using the bits as a guide and a pic of the real thing, hinges can come from ebay cabinet making.
Hope this helps,
Mike.

 

[Bortig the Viking]

Mark,
Get onto Amazon in the help section and you can arrange a call from them I think it comes under 'Where's my stuff'. Let them know what has happened and you should get a refund.
Now in most cases they will tell you to keep the item and send photos. Then use the refund for a bit of MDF and mak up the surround from that, using the bits as a guide and a pic of the real thing, hinges can come from ebay cabinet making.
Hope this helps,
Mike.

Thanks for that. Have been in touch with Amazon and they arranged the return, I had to drop it off at the local coop 1 mile away, it is then going to be refunded yo my bank, so in that respect happy days.

 

[john]

Since stocking the spray booth we have sold in excess of 200 of them, only 1 was returned because the plastic side had been damaged in transit, once I got it back, I sold it with a discount and I’ve heard nothing of it since.

hopefully that speaks for itself regarding the qualit?