Updated the blog: Details of my home-made spray booth

[Al Navas]

First, Marc, The Wood Whisperer wanted some additional info, as he "gets questions about making a home-made spray booth all the time" (his words-you can view his comments at my blog). Marc has already indicated that the details are good enough .

A little while later, Warren also requested some information. Soooo, I made what seems to be a fairly complete entry, photos and all, due to their popular demand .

Please let me know what you think. Thanks!


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[Mike Spanbauer]

Nicely done Al. Looks similar to the unit that was featured in a magazine a number of years back (FWW, Wood, ??). Looks like it does the job well. I wish I could make something permanent like you've done, would certainly ease finishing operations significantly

Some day...

mike

[Jim Becker]

For the benefit of SMC members, could you post some of the content details here, too? Thanks in advance.

Jim
SMC Moderator

[Al Navas]

Good point, Jim! Thanks for the reminder.

About a year ago, LOML and I moved a bunch of old tools from what we had dedicated as a finishing room, but became a store room - it just happened, as we were busy with a bunch of other stuff.

Long story short, we finally completed the finishing room, and I posted in August 2006 right here. This post generated some interest, but it did not have many photos relevant to the booth itself.

Late last night, I updated my blog to include some details of the construction of the booth - the text of the actual construction materials can be found at the blog.

Now to the details:

1. This is yours truly, spraying the latest cabinet creation in the booth:



2. This photo shows the exhaust fan components - notice how the flange on the tube is taped with duct tape to the foam insulation sheet that is the back of the booth:




3. In my original post here on SMC I simply described how I used wide Velcro strips to create "hinges" to hold together the sides and the booth back. This is dditional detail - notice that I have also used duct tape on the edge of the fom sheet, to protect the edge and to stiffen the sheet:




4. Finally, the original photo, showing the spray booth in its entirety, and before I managed to get the floor dirty :




These are probably the best photos that summarize how the booth is put together. Thanks for looking!


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