Temporary Spray Booth

[rst]

I get a lot of material that has 4' x 8'/10' cardboard sheets.  I just tape sections together to create a small booth.  This also works great where I'm cutting concrete or block to help contain the mess.  I cut in an enlarged doorway in an ice cream manufacturing plant.  Cardboard covered with plastic kept the mess well away from the clean areas.

 

[Bob D.]

I don't know if this is big enough for your needs but Lee Valley has a pop-up shelter for ~$80
http://www.leevalley.com/en/wood/page.aspx?cat=1,43456,43390&p=76184

 

[mike_aa]

I don't know if this is big enough for your needs but Lee Valley has a pop-up shelter for ~$80
http://www.leevalley.com/en/wood/page.aspx?cat=1,43456,43390&p=76184

I used one of these outdoors to spray some parts with rattle cans.  It worked great for that purpose.  Kept the wind out and debris from falling on your paint, and I got great results.  I would think the results would be just as good with a sprayer.  Not sure how it would work indoors, though, since the front opening is so large.  I think you might want to rig up some kind of filtered air-flow to draw out at the bottom back of the unit.

Mike A.

 

[jt073]

This rather ancient thread has quite a lot of detail of the home spray booth I built some years ago 
https://www.ukworkshop.co.uk/forums/home-spray-booth-lots-of-pictures-t41183.html

It is still in service and there is not much I would do differently
- I did fit a framework of secondary filters behind the main pleated filters as I found that there was a fir bit of dry dust expelled otherwise.
- I have also bought a length of spiral ducting (525mm in my case) from these folkshttps://www.ntcducting.com/product-range/heating-ventilation-ducting/ so that I can direct the exhaust out of a door or window
- I now have a Lamello Zeta machine and would use the P14 Clamex fittings rather than the simplex fittings I used - I mean to rework this sometime.

Anyway, for me it has been a great solution and well worth the development and build effort. 

Cheers

 

[sancho57]

Amazon as them
https://www.amazon.com/HomeRight-Sh...qid=1548969567&sr=8-1-spons&keywords=portable+paint+booth&psc=1

I saw them somewhere for sale like 10 bucks cheaper, cant remember where

 

[curt boyer]

This is what I have come up with for my portable spray booth. The tent is a 10x10 pop up that cost $50. The back that the fans are attached to is 1/4' corrugated plastic sheets sold in 4x8 sheets from Home Depot. I put down rosin paper on the floor or ground and tape the seams. I tape the two pieces of corrugated plastic together and to the fan frame. I use furnace filters to protect the fan motors and to keep the exit air clean. I spring clamp 6 mil poly to ceiling and walls. If you were going for a more permanent setup you could use the corrugated plastic sheets everywhere in place of poly. I can setup in just under 10 minutes and the take down is even faster!
Cheers
Curt

 

[duburban]

This is what I have come up with for my portable spray booth. The tent is a 10x10 pop up that cost $50. The back that the fans are attached to is 1/4' corrugated plastic sheets sold in 4x8 sheets from Home Depot. I put down rosin paper on the floor or ground and tape the seams. I tape the two pieces of corrugated plastic together and to the fan frame. I use furnace filters to protect the fan motors and to keep the exit air clean. I spring clamp 6 mil poly to ceiling and walls. If you were going for a more permanent setup you could use the corrugated plastic sheets everywhere in place of poly. I can setup in just under 10 minutes and the take down is even faster!
Cheers
Curt

This is a great setup, thanks for sharing. The dewalt fan-stand is killer.

Does anyone live up in the cold like me and run into issues spraying on site? I know airless sprayers do this all the time but I create a significant fog when I'm HVLPing a large amount of material that has to be shot outside. I basically need a high CFM buildclean/HRV unit.

 

[dgpainting]

We use a tent like ishmerc has posted. Cheap, can be used indoors (if ceiling not too high) or outdoors and packs away small so we can take it to different sires when required. Recently had an interior to paint then the client asked us to paint the doors as well, after we'd finished. We set the tent up inside the lounge, sprayed them all out, packed up and all was done and dusted in no time. For ventilation we use a dedicated extractor fan and ducting which isn't expensive and I would highly recommend getting one. Your household fan and ducting will get covered in paint over time and need to be replaced. It will also be gradually spraying paint around the exit of the ducting which may be your soffit or the side of your house. We use these ones:

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[Michael Kellough]

How many CFM is adequate for these DIY booth options? So far iv'e been using 2-4 box fans with no ducting, not great in the bigger space I setup recently. Thinking about some dedicated air moving technology for this.

Depends on booth size and configuration. Target air movement is 1 MPH.

Tom

If you don’t have an anemometer and want to do the old feather drop test 1 MPH equals about 1.5 feet per second.

 

[butzla]

Once you get frustrated with plastic blowing in the wind and tripping over it, invest in some Zipwall poles
You won't regret it

 

[duburban]

How many CFM is adequate for these DIY booth options? So far iv'e been using 2-4 box fans with no ducting, not great in the bigger space I setup recently. Thinking about some dedicated air moving technology for this.

Depends on booth size and configuration. Target air movement is 1 MPH.

Tom

If you don’t have an anemometer and want to do the old feather drop test 1 MPH equals about 1.5 feet per second.

I’d more easily find a meter than a feather

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