My Simple Paint Booth
My workshop is located in my basement, however the house is
built on a hill and the rear of the house is at ground level. As a
result, I really didn't want to cut a hole in the backside of the
house for an outlet for a paint booth. My solution was to build a
simple paint booth that vents into my workshop but seems to
absorb many of the fumes. I use a floor fan that is about twenty
inches square and mount it in a book size moving box. Photo 1
shows the rear of the booth. The fan fits tightly within the box
and is aimed to draw air into the front of the booth and exit it out
the back. A cutout is made on the box for the handle of the fan
and for access to the control knob.
To absorb the paint over spray and a majority of the fumes and
in my opinion, to eliminate any chance of sparks from the fan
motor causing fire I taped a furnace filter over the front of the
fan (see photo 2). I use one of the higher quality pleated filters
that are advertised as odor removing. From my point of view, it
works well. I can paint all night without being driven from the
area and I have completely eliminated that fine coating of over
spray that eventually covers everything in the shop plus, my
model finishes remain much more dust free than before.
To improve the visibility within the booth, I cut out an opening in
the top and taped a piece of diffusion pattern Plexiglas over the
opening. I have a desk lamp set on top of the booth to provide
the lighting. Finally, I made a rotating platform, kind of an
elevated Lazy Susan, to hold the model and position it for
spraying.
built on a hill and the rear of the house is at ground level. As a
result, I really didn't want to cut a hole in the backside of the
house for an outlet for a paint booth. My solution was to build a
simple paint booth that vents into my workshop but seems to
absorb many of the fumes. I use a floor fan that is about twenty
inches square and mount it in a book size moving box. Photo 1
shows the rear of the booth. The fan fits tightly within the box
and is aimed to draw air into the front of the booth and exit it out
the back. A cutout is made on the box for the handle of the fan
and for access to the control knob.
To absorb the paint over spray and a majority of the fumes and
in my opinion, to eliminate any chance of sparks from the fan
motor causing fire I taped a furnace filter over the front of the
fan (see photo 2). I use one of the higher quality pleated filters
that are advertised as odor removing. From my point of view, it
works well. I can paint all night without being driven from the
area and I have completely eliminated that fine coating of over
spray that eventually covers everything in the shop plus, my
model finishes remain much more dust free than before.
To improve the visibility within the booth, I cut out an opening in
the top and taped a piece of diffusion pattern Plexiglas over the
opening. I have a desk lamp set on top of the booth to provide
the lighting. Finally, I made a rotating platform, kind of an
elevated Lazy Susan, to hold the model and position it for
spraying.
Photo 1
Photo 2
