my brother-in-laws been doing body work on his 1974 corvette for about a year now, and hes getting ready to paint the car,him self because all the quotes he got were absurdly expensive.
I allowed him to fabricate a temporary paint booth in my shop, we got the air compressor to supply DRY air last week
so were making progress
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hes used
(13) 10 ft long 1.5" pvc pipes
(4 )1.5" TEES
(2) 1.5" Xs
(6) 90 degree elbows
(2) 100 foot long and 10 ft wide 6 mill plastic sheets
(4) rolls of duct tape
(4) 24" x 24" air conditioning filters (AIR INLETS)
(1)36" fan and blower housing and some spare 24" diam. air conditioner duct as an exhaust for the paint room.
this allows a both thats at least 10 ft wide x 8 ft tall x 20 ft long paint booth in which his 1974 corvette fits with just enough room that hes convinced he can paint it...btw he didn,t "COVER THE WALLS AND TOOLS" as is commonly suggested he covered the floor and built what was really a plastic wall tent inside the shop,to prevent paint dust from exiting the paint booth he built.he used PVC pipe and fittings glued together and lots of clear 8 mill plastic sheet to build a room, that was about 8-9ft tall, 20 plus feet long and a bit over 10 feet wide with a large evac fan on one end and 4 24" square air conditioning filters to allow air into the booth, with a long section of fabricated duct work for routing the paint excess spray out of the shop.we also hung several larger florescent light fixtures
now I have to say it took a bit of work but it actually functioned reasonably well.. we will see if thats realistic eventually
this picture above is very similar to what it looked like when complete
I allowed him to fabricate a temporary paint booth in my shop, we got the air compressor to supply DRY air last week
so were making progress
viewtopic.php?f=59&t=6246&p=22862&hilit=franzinator#p22862
related info
viewtopic.php?f=61&t=7075
hes used
(13) 10 ft long 1.5" pvc pipes
(4 )1.5" TEES
(2) 1.5" Xs
(6) 90 degree elbows
(2) 100 foot long and 10 ft wide 6 mill plastic sheets
(4) rolls of duct tape
(4) 24" x 24" air conditioning filters (AIR INLETS)
(1)36" fan and blower housing and some spare 24" diam. air conditioner duct as an exhaust for the paint room.
this allows a both thats at least 10 ft wide x 8 ft tall x 20 ft long paint booth in which his 1974 corvette fits with just enough room that hes convinced he can paint it...btw he didn,t "COVER THE WALLS AND TOOLS" as is commonly suggested he covered the floor and built what was really a plastic wall tent inside the shop,to prevent paint dust from exiting the paint booth he built.he used PVC pipe and fittings glued together and lots of clear 8 mill plastic sheet to build a room, that was about 8-9ft tall, 20 plus feet long and a bit over 10 feet wide with a large evac fan on one end and 4 24" square air conditioning filters to allow air into the booth, with a long section of fabricated duct work for routing the paint excess spray out of the shop.we also hung several larger florescent light fixtures
now I have to say it took a bit of work but it actually functioned reasonably well.. we will see if thats realistic eventually
this picture above is very similar to what it looked like when complete