Finishing Room

[Chris Padilla]

Jeff Jewitt's book (well, one of 'em) has a little write up on a portable spray booth made in tri-fold fashion of plywood and is complete with an exhaust fan.

I don't like Steve's suggestion and beg you to NOT go for it....

[Gary Max]

Waste of space---you do not really have any to waste.
If I was building several hundred peices of furniture a year and was using a sprayer them I would have a paint booth

[JayStPeter]

I didn't vote as I vote "Yes finishing area, but don't make it so permanent". If you find yourself finishing and WWing at the same time, a separate area could improve efficiency tremendously. Since you're not spraying, all you need is some plastic to keep the dust out. I say make it temporary. Wood frames covered in plastic or something like that. If you find that you would like it more permanent, just install some walls. Interior walls are fairly easy to add/delete.

I thought about the same thing. Since I'm usually in a one project at a time mode, I decided that having the extra room while WWing would be good. I'll keep my machines mobile and go into finishing configuration when the time comes. But, I want to spray, so I'll have to setup a temporary booth of some sort.

Jay

[Steve Jenkins]

I would not make a finishing room. I would install an exhaust fan in a corner of the shop to take care of fumes and odors. Using a wipe on finish dust really isn't an issue nor is it much of one for shellac since it dries so quickly. Granted brushing poly or varnish dust is a problem but even with the typical finish room it still is. If you get to spraying you will probably be using products that dry faster so it still isn't a problem. I think the drop down curtains are a good idea. Steve

[Steve Clardy]

Jeff Jewitt's book (well, one of 'em) has a little write up on a portable spray booth made in tri-fold fashion of plywood and is complete with an exhaust fan.

I don't like Steve's suggestion and beg you to NOT go for it....

Brother Chris. Mom doesn't like it when we fuss at each other.

Steve

[Ken Fitzgerald]

Jeez.....now the Clardy twins are squabbling??????? I just wanted opinions and or advice.

[Kevin Gerstenecker]

Now Steve.........................dint Mom tell ya that it is not nice to pick on someone that is smaller than you?

(Which in Chris's case means NONE of us should be pickin' on him..............it ain't his fault he is a RUNT!)

[Steve Clardy]

The Clardy Feud? <hr style="color: rgb(209, 209, 225);" size="1"> <!-- / icon and title --> <!-- message --> Jeez.....now the Clardy twins are squabbling??????? I just wanted opinions and or advice.
<!-- / message --><!-- sig --> _________ Now Steve.........................dint Mom tell ya that it is not nice to pick on someone that is smaller than you?

(Which in Chris's case means NONE of us should be pickin' on him..............it ain't his fault he is a RUNT!)
<!-- / message --><!-- sig --> LOL on boths counts. What I don't understand is, is why Chris is only 4' tall, and we are twins?
Steve. Having fun

[Bruce Page]

Ken, I voted no in your poll. It’s not that I think it is a waste of space, I just wouldn’t be willing to dedicate that much square footage to it . I have found that leaving a good air cleaner running for a few hours to remove airborne dust works quite well for finishing.

[Chris Padilla]

Fraternal twins...fraternal....

[John Miliunas]

Fraternal twins...fraternal....

Twins? Fraternal, paternal or otherwise ( ), all I can say is, "Whew! What a pair to draw to!"

[Steve Clardy]

Fraternal twins...fraternal....

Oh Oh. MOM ain't gonna like that statement Chris.

Steve

[Donnie Raines]

I dont know how many times I have been wanting to building something else...while "something else" is still cureing from a fresh coat of whatever. If I had the ability to have a finishing room...I would have one.

[Chris Padilla]

Donnie,

I'm the opposite...once I get a finish on, I'm only too happy to leave the shop for a bit!!

[Scott Coffelt]

In my future 1,000 sqft shop I toyed with the same idea and decided that I would invest in some uni-strut, bearing guides and make a curtain arrangement where I can close of the overspray when finishing and then open when not. This would allow for sharing space. Think of it like a hospital and the privacy curtains.