Think about a variable speed control for the spray booth.
I have a home made one I built a few years ago that has the wind tunnel
fan on a dimmer switch for control. Works fine and allows me to control
airflow as needed.
Plus I built an adjustable plexiglass shield to cover the top of the
booth and control backflow while allowing me to see what I am doing and
just have my hands and the object inside the booth.
It will work with anything from an airbrush to an auto touchup spray gun
so it moves a lot of air. Except for the touchup gun I do not need a
respirator.
Carey
Carey Probst
Member, M.I.T. Educational Council
S Scale, Sn3 and S High Rail/AF
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On 3/21/2012 11:17 AM, Bob Werre wrote:
>
> I'll second what Bill has said regarding respirators. When I worked
> for a large studio/lab the boss had purchased a very nice, but
> homemade spray booth. I decided to use it when I got back into
> modeling. The problem was the fan was so strong that it sucked the
> paint away before it got to what I was painting--think wind machine here.
>
> So I decided to paint without the fan. One night was boxcar red and
> another black. Each night I would blow my nose with a different color
> in the tissue. The other night, I was painting with Scalecoat and
> webbing on my respirator broke, so I had to go without. Since I don't
> paint that much, I probably won't shorten my life but this weekend
> I'll take a trip to Harbor Freight for a replacement. As expected the
> replacement parts for my old one was more $$ than a new one.
>
> Bob Werre
> PhotoTraxx
>
>
>
> On 3/19/12 7:01 PM, Bill Lane wrote:
>
>> Towards the end of the time period that was painting “open air” in
>> the basement and got my paint booth I started using a respirator.
>> That was only for a few years. Now in spite of having my paint booth
>> with 2 fans for maybe 15 years I use a respirator all the time. I
>> even use 1 when I use my blast booth. I used to urge Russ Downs to
>> use a respirator and he finally did after many years. Russ’ main
>> health issue when he passed was respiratory & he never smoked.
>>
>> I guess I am saying it you paint you have to use a respirator at all
>> times.
>>
>> Thank You,
>> Bill Lane
>>
>
>
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