Let's see your paint room set up
12-18-2016, 12:08 PM
#1
Let's see your paint room set up
I'm posting here not just because I mostly paint jets but because most jets have the need for more car like paint finishes
So I got a whole room in my basement for painting. But I still keep getting dust in my work and looking for ideas to get rid of the dust
I sweep and Mop the room, them vacuum the walls
i put a big shop fan in the window blowing outside and a smaller fan on the other side of the wall blowing into the room with a filter in front.
With this I would get to much paint in the air so I added another fan on the others side of the room to help move air towards the fan.
Im so annoyed with the dust and looking for help
i love the paint ain't room as it has a nice sink to clean up the guns
So I got a whole room in my basement for painting. But I still keep getting dust in my work and looking for ideas to get rid of the dust
I sweep and Mop the room, them vacuum the walls
i put a big shop fan in the window blowing outside and a smaller fan on the other side of the wall blowing into the room with a filter in front.
With this I would get to much paint in the air so I added another fan on the others side of the room to help move air towards the fan.
Im so annoyed with the dust and looking for help
i love the paint ain't room as it has a nice sink to clean up the guns
12-18-2016, 12:19 PM
#3
You will always get dust. I've painted in $300,000 down draft booths and you get dust. The fan you have blowing air into the booth will cause you problems as its trying to create a positive pressure while your exhaust fans should be creating negative pressure. You want the exhaust fans pulling fresh air through an intake filter but any fan forcing air into the booth will also be raising dust. A make up air unit provides air into a booth but it is dried and heavily filtered air into the booth. Most dust actually comes off of you when painting but perfect finishes are only achieved with wet sanding and polishing.
12-18-2016, 07:35 PM
#7
My Feedback: (3)
You have a drop ceiling and dust certainly comes from that the most, but that ceiling can easily allow you to hang visqueen sheets over your work and reduce the dust from settling under your "umbrella" cover. http://www.homedepot.com/p/HDX-10-ft...Q&gclsrc=aw.ds
12-18-2016, 08:59 PM
#9
Here is my setup.
This is a 20 by 10 feet prefab aluminum/ steel frame shed that is modified for painting.
1. Silicon joints laid up on the outside of the room between each panel.
2. Double rubber seals on the doors.
3. 28" extraction fan with evacuation through the roof of the factory ( was prefab structure is built inside the factory )
4. Incoming air filtration through 3 large roof panels with synthetic felter
5. Extraction air filtration with a specific media ( not sure what it is )
6. Specific painting room neon bulbs ( very cold neon light that magnifies the paint imperfections )
I had a bit of a hard time to seal the room from dust initially. Took several trials and passes with silicon before the setup was good enough for proper painting.
12-19-2016, 05:11 AM
#10
Here is my setup.
This is a 20 by 10 feet prefab aluminum/ steel frame shed that is modified for painting.
1. Silicon joints laid up on the outside of the room between each panel.
2. Double rubber seals on the doors.
3. 28" extraction fan with evacuation through the roof of the factory ( was prefab structure is built inside the factory )
4. Incoming air filtration through 3 large roof panels with synthetic felter
5. Extraction air filtration with a specific media ( not sure what it is )
6. Specific painting room neon bulbs ( very cold neon light that magnifies the paint imperfections )
I had a bit of a hard time to seal the room from dust initially. Took several trials and passes with silicon before the setup was good enough for proper painting.
TB
12-19-2016, 04:05 PM
#14
Here is my setup.
This is a 20 by 10 feet prefab aluminum/ steel frame shed that is modified for painting.
1. Silicon joints laid up on the outside of the room between each panel.
2. Double rubber seals on the doors.
3. 28" extraction fan with evacuation through the roof of the factory ( was prefab structure is built inside the factory )
4. Incoming air filtration through 3 large roof panels with synthetic felter
5. Extraction air filtration with a specific media ( not sure what it is )
6. Specific painting room neon bulbs ( very cold neon light that magnifies the paint imperfections )
I had a bit of a hard time to seal the room from dust initially. Took several trials and passes with silicon before the setup was good enough for proper painting.
I didn't know you were an SR-71 aficionado Oli, is that yours? Judging by how much of the room it fills up and the dimensions you gave for the room, that's 'gotta be a pretty good sized project. I always really liked that airplane going back to when it was originally known as a YF-12A.
Hard to tell from a picture on the Internet, but it sure looks good!
12-20-2016, 06:28 AM
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12-20-2016, 10:45 PM
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12-20-2016, 11:20 PM
#18
My Feedback: (52)
I use a 12x12 pop up tent with plastic sidewall. the plastic tends to be charged and attracts much of the airborne dust and aerosol overspray. I also set this up up on a concrete driveway that I wet down ahead of time. I also use and exhaust fan and let air come in thru thru the joints in the tent. I use fluorescent and led lights that are cool to minimize chance of flash fire, halogens get too hot for a paint booth. Fan should also be explosion proof. Hope this helps.
Paul S
Paul S
