Quick catch on the spray booth set up. I did a few calculations based of estimated sizes and the fan you linked. A spray booth should have a face velocity of at bare minimum 50 fpm to be considered safe from backflow. The fan you linked only provides 25 fpm as a theoretical maximum before lowering the CFM because of the filter. You'd need a 400 CFM fan to get a safe direction for the airflow. 800 CFM to reach the 100 fpm standard. I'd highly recommend mounting an acrylic plate to the front to limit the opening size to about 1/4 of the size. You don't have to, but it is a problem I have noticed many spray booths and, to be fair, you're not working with too harsh of chemicals. The amount of risk someone wants to take on is their own. I just thought I'd pass the information along. As an improvement on the design, if you're buying the acrylic and mounting a face plate, you'll probably have some to spare. You could mount some baffles to the back to increase the velocity of flow at the edges and disperse the suction for a more even flow as well. It might catch some of the paint and discolor your spray booth, but the main point of a spray booth is safety from the direction of the spray and pumping the fumes and particulates away from the user and possibly into a filter. And you could always just paint it white again.
Plus the restriction from the hose as well. I've been thinking about building my own booth for a long time, but I always get hung up on the fan setup since it quickly grows on ya. Plus I'd want a solvent safe fan as well (which that 20 buck fan for sure isn't, no matter what the company said. There's a reason explosion proof rated fans cost "slightly" more than 20 bucks).
@@treborrrrr It depends on your use and concerns. I'm not using solvents in a high enough concentration to have to worry about explosion proofing. I'm more just trying to avoid whatever I'm spraying coming back my way and capturing whatever I'm spraying on the other end. It's not like I'm a car painting company that's pushing around immense amounts of solvent and paints at the same time or a woodworker pushing fine particle dust that will detonate on ignition. I'm just trying to save my lungs. But, again, your risk tolerance may vary. I just wanted to offer a quick and cheap improvement.
@@tetrabronze4930 I was running that really common collapsible spray booth I bought when I started. I upgraded the fan for increased airflow an inline fan similar to the one in the video I grabbed on sale and added the bucket filter for final filtration as my windows are casement and anything blown out will blow right back in since they can't be easily sealed. That vented near a window with relatively consistent negative pressure. These days I'm lucky enough to have a wood workshop in which I set up a proper dust collection system. I had the spare pipes to I ran a clean secondary loop to a homemade fume hood/spray painting desk that just pumps it straight outside. Super overkill for just painting but I can spray pretty much anything I want in my shop and not have to worry about dangerous chems or noxious fumes for other small projects in addition to painting. Probably should have a clean fan on it too, but I settled for clean pipes and I'm not pumping out anything that would compound to a wood dust detonation. When the hood is fully closed, it triggers a circuit that turns off the dust collection system and turns on a much more power efficient low flow fan to keep a negative pressure for when I'm just using it to store my 3d printing resin or chems like IPA. For fan recommendations, I like the one listed in the description. A 200 CFM fan is more than enough for almost any application. Regarding affordability, it depends on your budget. Not the answer you were hoping for, I'm sure, but I think the $50 tag is pretty affordable for a long term piece of equipment. You could find cheaper for a smaller CFM. Just divide the CFM by 50 fpm (bare minimum) or 100 fpm (standard) to get the maximum open face area of your booth (in sqft). If your booth face is too big, close off areas you don't really use.
Hi! Can you recommend a specific fan for a small closet sized booth? Or a specific name I can google? I can never find out what specific fans are needed for this application. The booth is like 2 feet deep, 3 feet wide and maybe 5 feet tall. Mainly gonna use it for painting guitars.
Darn you Robert. You keep Amazon coming to my door on a regular basis. I've actually been wanting something like this for painting Helmets and Mando armor outdoors. Another awesome find my friend and love your product reviews and all the great advice you have given over the years. I am shocked you don't have 500K subs by now. I can honestly say that everything I have purchased by your recommendation has worked out great. I 3d printed some animal characters for my grandkids to paint at the 4th Picnic, and the Acrylic markers you recommended a while ago were a huge hit. They had a blast, so thank you for that. I ordered more sets for them to use at home.
So I looked this up and it’s a great option for $30. Very cheap with the fan very solid added to my wish list just so I could keep it in case my friends asked for it later. What is funny is I have the exact same thing the only difference is there’s no pouch and it’s for my Photo Booth. It’s all the same instructions. It’s all the same size and dimensions just the Difference is the they included and instead of having reflective photos stuff on the inside so the case is different but it’s from the same factory I actually trace this back down. It’s the exact same company that sells the cheap Photo Booth. great video as always thank you Robert. Be well be you.
30 bucks?? What a great deal for and outdoor booth during the summer weather and temporary. You must know whenever I get bored and need a new project. Thanks for all you do sir.
I recently tested that 195 CFM fan for a 24"x48" booth with a 24x16 MERV8's and I think it was kind of an ask for that so I stepped up to that 280CFM they have for about $45 which might be overkill but that little black one is nice way to make a cheap spray booth.
Thanks so much for this video! Fantastic idea..I like to paint larger scale figure models and this is a great cost effective option..I will definitely look into it.
BR. Thanks for this video. Been wanting to get a spray booth, but things get in the way. And this is bigger then anything i was looking at. Mine will be here on Monday. Next month ill get the fan and more filter material. Again thanks for the video.
ya did it again neighbor! I just got one, will be here tommorrow . I need to paint with rattle cans every now and then (wife does not like that downstairs) so this is perfect for outside and keeping bugs off the paint!
Dang dude, that's a lot of models you got there. I think im picking up that bad habit real quick 😂 i have 12 kits already and still haven't finished the first one. 😂
I have seen some use photo booth for painting same type of build only it just pops up, Glad I got my pace booth not really movable but it will last me my life time
This is cool. I just got an airbrush and was hoping to get a cheap spray booth but most of the ones on Amazon have really mixed reviews. Hoping they have something similar at Lowe’s/Home Depot/Harbor Freight.
Yikes! In Canada, the spray booth $62.24 and the cheep fan is $77.08. That translates out to more than the cost of exchange and duty. *Sigh* Oh well. It does point me in the right direction though. Thanks for your content and the information you give.
So standard, it's a 2-length x 2-length x 2-length of the rods....could you put it together in a 3-length wide x 2-length deep x 1-length height to make it a 45x30x15 booth for larger models like the 350 scale Enterprise which is 36" long when assembled? Or cobble two kits to make a 45x30x30.... Ya, you'd have to cut/stitch the cover to fit...but that's not out of the realm of do-ability.
Can you reply (or make a video) showing how I can make a candy/ colored clear gloss with less saturation? (like rose gold, or pink candy, while maintaining the transparency). Thanks a lot
So if the over spray dries on that tarp material it will start flaking off over time. And get everywhere. Like in your new paint work. I’ve have this issue in a real paint booth with a divider. ????
Would anyone by chance know of an affordable compressor, it can be portable as well. I am thinking of investing in his airbrush and just need the compressor. Thanks!
Salut c'est bien de faire des vidéos sur le matériel et les peintures Mais il me semble que ton site perd de son âme car tu ne fais plus de montage et de présentation de Barbatos ou de Gundam. C'est dommage il y a tellement de nouveaux modèles. Ceci n'est pas une critique négative mais ce serait bien de montrer des résultats de peintures sur des nouveaux modèles. J'espère que mon avis restera positif pour vous. Merci Bonne journée
