Spray booth help

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Have been checking out all your superb hobby rooms, man cave photo's.

I have just about finished converting my garage into a hobby room, now after looking at your excellent work area's I,m starting to think about airbrush spraying extraction.

I do have a portable Graphic air system by hobby air cleaners but would like some more advice on better ways & weather I should extract the bad air to the outside.

cheers Gary

[robbo]

Like Boo says, the cleaner you keep the air around you the better

[`Boots`]

Defo get them fumes out bud.................if ya can smell it...............ya inhaling/ingesting it!!!!!!!!

Another good bet is to get one of the decent respirator masks as well (3M do them and i dare say there are many other companies that supply them................check E-bay as they do them on there!!, just make sure ya get one for vapour tho!! ),if you have a good extraction system going out to fresh air you won`t necessarily need to wear both for Acrylics but some of the enamel/oil based paints give off a much more powerful smell............even with a booth!!!

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Thank's for the info, looks like I'll be drilling a big 5" hole to the outside for the extraction pipe & fan.
Been also checking out hood designs on the web, I think I can make something up out of some glav/steel & a pop rivit gun.
I'll also check out the face masks , didn't think of that ........ thanks again

Gary

[TRM]

Hi ya Gary!!

Hey!!! What's wrong with smelling the fumes!!!! Favorite past time out here!! LOL!!!

All seriousness, Yes, vent! Try the mask...quick and dirty!! If you can get a 3 or 4 inch dryer hose venting out the side wall or even a window, go for it!! Solvents are great with paints, but, suck with the lungs!!!

Let us know how you make out!!

[wbill76]

I have a spray booth that vents to the outside plus a bathroom-style extraction fan in the cieling for my paint area and I still wear a paint breather-mask as a precaution. Thinner fumes are nasty stuff and it's not widely known that expsoure has a "cumulative" effect over time...so care should always be exercised!