Powder booths

[JHForman]

Lets see yours so I can get some ideas about building mine. What kind of suction system is used on the teds fabrication booths? Im looking to build a 8hx4dx5w and install a ton of lighting(I have had some lite spots in my parts due to lighting), So the materials, and deminsions I have figured out, but i dont know what suction system to use. Currently im getting a lot of powder all over the shop, so i want a way to control this. It sucks having to wash the wifes car once a week due to powder being all over it.

[smokinbird89]

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I know the feeling there. I am in the process of building a booth myself for the same reason but I make sure to back the cars out of the shop before coating. I hate washing cars in the winter.

[JHForman]

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I know the feeling there. I am in the process of building a booth myself for the same reason but I make sure to back the cars out of the shop before coating. I hate washing cars in the winter.

I just run hers through the automatic, now if it was my truck its a different story!! It gets hand washed once a week.

[Guest]

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Few pictures available a thread I started a few weeks ago here: viewtopic.php?f=5&t=1137

[BeeBob]

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[quote="JHForman"] install a ton of lighting(I have had some lite spots in my parts due to lighting)


Even if you have a "ton" of lights in the booth, you should probably still use a very bright LED light to check all the nooks and crannies before cure. What looks good with booth lighting can stick out like a sore thumb with a hand held light at the right angle!

[JHForman]

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install a ton of lighting(I have had some lite spots in my parts due to lighting)


Even if you have a "ton" of lights in the booth, you should probably still use a very bright LED light to check all the nooks and crannies before cure. What looks good with booth lighting can stick out like a sore thumb with a hand held light at the right angle!

Damn what a good idea! Thank you very much !! I always seem to get light spots with Black, and candies!!

[Brune292]

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When I am spraying, I use a LED headlamp that I bought at Home Depot for like $10...works great and hands free!

[Guest]

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My shop is small I don't have the room for a booth. What I did was put up a partition to protect my compressor and install a nice exhaust fan. I put a frame for a furnace filter over it then bought a nice filter to keep what goes outside clean. Since I installed the nicer fan I don't have a big dust problem any more. I also built a plexi glass box to protect my gun control boxes.

I too use a led flashlight to look for thin spots. Works great!

[Guest]

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Well this thread inspired me to start building a spray booth last night.

We got the framing for the first two walls done and we'll be finishing the rest of it over the next week or so after the new gun is up and running.

Dimensions will be 5.5 x 4 feet (inside) and 8 feet tall. I plan on adding a couple of fluorescent strips (4 bulbs 4' each) and some sort of ventilation system that is still being decided on. I'll start a new thread and post on the build after I snap some pictures.

[Guest]

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Heres a pic of my spray area.
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[Guest]

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Let me ask you this: Is everyone's exhaust going outside? I would assume fumes aren't a problem with a power, since it would all be particle matter. So, after passing through a good furnace filter, is the air clean enough to be exhausted back into the shop?

[JHForman]

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Let me ask you this: Is everyone's exhaust going outside? I would assume fumes aren't a problem with a power, since it would all be particle matter. So, after passing through a good furnace filter, is the air clean enough to be exhausted back into the shop?

I have a cheapy home made(wood) powder booth i built, it works great till the filters plug up !!

[Guest]

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Let me ask you this: Is everyone's exhaust going outside? I would assume fumes aren't a problem with a power, since it would all be particle matter. So, after passing through a good furnace filter, is the air clean enough to be exhausted back into the shop?

Yes actually a lot of spray booths you buy recycle the air back into the shop. I myself have mine exhausting outside. No room for this type of booth. Mine exits to back of a shed so it is still in my yard anyway. The closes house is forty feet. There is no odor. Occassionally there is a odor from curing certain powders but thats generally inside the shop. Hope this helps.

[Guest]

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My concern is heat. My shop isn't huge. If I was exhausting outside, I'd have sucked out all the heated air pretty quickly. My fan is rather large, not sure what CFM but it's a big blower I salvaged from a comercall furnace. I was hoping I could set up a small booth in my basement, with the air being filtered and dumped back into the basement.

[wiseguyz]

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It will work just fine blowing back into the basement, but the filters never catch 100% of the powder dust, so don't expect miracles. My EW booth has primary filters like furnace filters with a secondary bag filter mounted behind and uses a pretty substantial blower. Not much gets by the 2 sets of filters, but I still get some blowing through, especially when the filters start getting dirty. I've thought about venting the thing outside too, but haven't for the same reasons you state. I can't afford to heat the outside of my shop too!