Spray Painting Booth

[Mastertech]

One more thing, I love the smell of FLOQUIL, Smells like Model Railroading!! save it, find it, buy it, drink it!!LOL

[Philip H]

Is there a CFM rating for the fan included in the Badger booth?  If it is a standard computer enclosure fan then I suspect it is much less than 160 CFM.  The dual one I have (rated 320 CFM) generates string air stream on the exhaust side (when I stand by the basement window where it exhausts)

I'll have to look, but I think it works out to about 120 CFM . . . . good news is you can actually get more powerful computer fans (for mainframes) that will fit the same housing for about $40 or so online. I've been eyeing a 250 CFM fan for a while now.

[wazzou]

Mine is constructed from Foam Core board and a bathroom fan exhausted through a filter into a 5 Gallon bucket with another filter in it.  I'll try and snap a photo tonight.

[peteski]

The main reason for spray booths is to suck out paint fumes and send them outside of the room you are in. It seems that many of you miss that point.

None of the filters you use will magically remove the nasty gasses which should normally be sent out of the room.  All you doing it capturing most of the solid particles in the over-spray (depending on what you uses for the filter).  I guess that is better than nothing.

As far as using a T-junction with the dryer, unless there is some sort of a 1-way valve in it, portion of the fumes will be sent into the dryer through it into the laundry area.

[basementcalling]

As far as using a T-junction with the dryer, unless there is some sort of a 1-way valve in it, portion of the fumes will be sent into the dryer through it into the laundry area.

Peteski,  thus why painters should wear a cartridge respirator even with a spray booth.

My booth will be in the laundry room. 

[nickelplate759]

The main reason for spray booths is to suck out paint fumes and send them outside of the room you are in. It seems that many of you miss that point.

None of the filters you use will magically remove the nasty gasses which should normally be sent out of the room.  All you doing it capturing most of the solid particles in the over-spray (depending on what you uses for the filter).  I guess that is better than nothing.

As far as using a T-junction with the dryer, unless there is some sort of a 1-way valve in it, portion of the fumes will be sent into the dryer through it into the laundry area.

Actually, both are important.  Sucking out the fumes is important because want to  live long enough to fully enjoy the nice paint job you created since the paint booth kept the overspray from settling back as dust on your new paint job.

[wazzou]

Here is the photo I snapped of mine last night. 
It is built of 1/4" and 1/2" Foam Core Board, glue and finishing nails to pin.  The bathroom exhaust fan is at rear with a switch wired in to turn on and off.
A couple things you can see are that I put in a clear plastic skylight to allow a lamp to be positioned above for light and that the hose vents into a sealed bucket with a filter inside, cut to fit.
I glued the unit to a small Rubbermaid tub to give clearance for the fan exhaust port and hose.

[daniel_leavitt2000]

I like that setup Bryan