Spray Booth

[Bortig the Viking]

Hi Mark
If I implied they weren’t any good it was an error. They are good at collecting overspray, I’ve used one for years.....just don’t expect solvent filtration at that price point.....directing it outside is a worthwhile idea, just wish I could LOL. I wear a mask when spraying, then open the window and leave the room for an hour to let the fumes dissipate ..... as to electrical stuff, I remember the days when we were sold electrical goods with no plugs, you had to buy your own and fit them.....it was far from uncommon to visit someone’s house and find several appliances wired into one plug :sad: These days they just add them to multibock after multiblock (I’ve seen three stacked on one outlet) so health and safety still can’t legislate for idiots :smiling3:

Hi, no what you said was fine, I still use a face mask and will continue with it after the spray booth arrives, window is a bit awkward for me also. The thing I want it for primarily is to clear the cloud and the filter some of the baddies out, at the moment like you I leave the window open for a while not good now the winter is coming in fast. Should be fun trying out the new toy as I'm really getting into airbrushes although I'm finding I use other makes more now than the Tamiya ones I've accumulated, just can't get them to spray nicely, its frightening to see how many paints you collect over time, just as well the room is just for me my wife leaves it alone. :nerd:

[Steven000]

I'm currently in the process of making my own from an old kitchen extractor hood.
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With 3 speeds it ought to be fairly handy. Low airflow when doing small or detailed bits or just a bit of background ventilation, then high flow when priming or clearing full models...

I made mine also from a kitchen extractor, I too embedded the 3 speeds switch in my hood but I always use it on max speed.

I'm using a 100mm hose and would never use it without venting the air outside...

Cheers, Steven

[Guest]

I'm using a 100mm hose and would never use it without venting the air outside...

One good thing about using an extractor is that they generally use centrifugal fans, which, as a rule of thumb, generate better airflow and more importantly static pressure than your average axial fan. This means they can cope with a longer outlet hose length without affecting performance as much.

[Bortig the Viking]

I made mine also from a kitchen extractor, I too embedded the 3 speeds switch in my hood but I always use it on max speed.

I'm using a 100mm hose and would never use it without venting the air outside...

Cheers, Steven

100mm hose, that's short it's only 4 inches, just read it again that's the diameter of hose. LOL

[adt70hk]

Hi Mark

I've had one of those booths for about 18 months now and have had no problems. IIRC the instructions imply that you can in theory use it without the hose, not that I'd personally want to.

I also seem to recall the instructions saying you should only use the blue filter if your using the hose and I must admit I did notice a big increase in the amount of suck when doing so.

After each session I leave the filter to soak in a very hot sink of water and load of washing up liquid to resolve the worst of the paint and hopefully hello it to last longer. Then just roll it up in a tea towel to dry it.

HTH

Andrew

[Bortig the Viking]

Hi Mark

I've had one of those booths for about 18 months now and have had no problems. IIRC the instructions imply that you can in theory use it without the hose, not that I'd personally want to.

I also seem to recall the instructions saying you should only use the blue filter if your using the hose and I must admit I did notice a big increase in the amount of suck when doing so.

After each session I leave the filter to soak in a very hot sink of water and load of washing up liquid to resolve the worst of the paint and hopefully hello it to last longer. Then just roll it up in a tea towel to dry it.

HTH

Andrew

Thanks for your thoughts. :thumb2: