Does anyone have or know where I can get airbrush spray booth plans? I only use water base paint so I don't imagine it would have to be all that elaborate.
Hey! I'm from ND, also! I work at the AF base in Minot. Anyways, check out my old thread of the homebuilt spray booth I built for under 40$. [ 08 January 2002: Message edited by: E-8 ]
Sorry I didn't get in on this thread earlier, but year end work interfered. Here is some information that may be helpful. Model paint is composed of two things: pigment and solvent. In water-based paint, water is the solvent and is not combustible. Floquil, Scalecoat, Testors, etc. are all solvent-based, and the solvent is flammable. You can tell if you have flammable solvent paint because you can smell it. The filters that have been discussed so far here will not stop the solvent fumes, so it is imperative that you use a motor with either brushless contacts or that has the motor entirely outside and sealed from the air channel. The CFM rating of the motor is less important than whether you (or your family members) can smell the solvent in other parts of the house while you're painting. If they can, you don't have enough exhaust power. Floquil solvent will attack the plastic covering of most dryer exhaust hoses over a period of time. If you use metal hose, be sure it is properly grounded (static electricity builds up) in accordance with local building codes. Dayton makes a BLOWER (4C447) that has been specified in several model rr articles. I think it moves about 200 CFM, has an external motor, and costs (last I knew) about $75. Note that it is a blower, not a fan. This distinction caused me a lot of difficulty when I was looking for the right type of exhaust appliance. Finally, I have somewhere in my archives a plan for a booth cut from a single sheet of plywood (MDF, etc.) that I got from somewhere on the web (tttrains.com?) years ago. I can dig that out and provide it to anyone who may be interested if you send me your snail mail address OFF-LINE to grobinson@ucsd.edu.
