paint booths

[gary jackson]

just curious.   with the paint booths i see dont they suck trash into the booth with one open face  and trash on to the model or is it not a problem

 

[Miatatom]

That's what I thought too, so I built my own. I based it on the ones I used to work with when I was at the Y-12 Nuclear Weapons Plant in Oak Ridge, Tn. That's not me in the picture at the bottom and the boxes we used were like the one I built, with one big window.

Edited December 18, 2022 by Miatatom

[Ace-Garageguy]

I've never had a problem with dust and trash in my paint since I started wearing big-boy pants, even shooting it outside.

Making sure there's no trash on the model, making sure there's no trash on me, and not painting in wind has served me just fine for decades.

Maybe I'm just lucky.   

[Dave G.]

Ya I think so which is why I mostly don't use mine. I tend to just paint into a trash can. I'm not scientifically proving or disproving  anything, Lets just say my most dust has been with the booth and my best paint jobs out of the booth.

[Dave G.]

4 minutes ago, Ace-Garageguy said:

I've never had a problem with dust and trash in my paint since I started wearing big-boy pants, even shooting it outside.

Making sure there's no trash on the model, making sure there's no trash on me, and not painting in wind has served me just fine for decades.

Maybe I'm just lucky.   

My years of 1/1 painting taught me most trash getting into a repaint was already hiding someplace on the vehicle, door cracks, vent grills etc. Part of the winners circle comes from a good blowing off and wipe down etc. So I can only agree with you, as you said " even outdoors".

[Dpate]

One thing that can help is have your paintbooth running for a bit before you go to wait.  That way the air is some what clear of dust etc in the booth area, but dust is the big enemy not so much trash etc.  That's why soon as i paint or 2K clear it goes straight into the dehydrator so nothing can get on it, because checking it out after painting is one way to easily get dust specs in your paint or clear coat.  If you got a huge paint booth like i got than laying paper towels down and spraying them down with water can help dust settle as well, and having a clean surrounding area helps as well.  I've never had a lot of dust in paint or clear just random specs of dust hear and there easy spots to get out no problem.

[Ace-Garageguy]

1 hour ago, Dave G. said:

My years of 1/1 painting taught me most trash getting into a repaint was already hiding someplace on the vehicle, door cracks, vent grills etc. Part of the winners circle comes from a good blowing off and wipe down etc. 

Yup. Me too.

[yh70]

i never had that problem with mine..

[stitchdup]

i only got dust in one paint job using the booth and it was my own fault for not changing the filters. its get set running ten mins before painting and i also put a layer of sugar soap solution over base and sides to catch dust and it make cleaning it easier. i've found most of the dust in my booth is dry primer, seems the paint itself is more likelly to stick than create dust particles.

[espo]

I use one of the smaller open spray booths and haven't had any dust issues. My thought is that it may have more to do with the environment of the area where your spray booth is set up. An area with a lot of dust setting on shelves or work benches not to mention the spray booth itself if left on covered in a dust area could lead to dust in your paint work. Static electricity can also leave a plastic model that attracts dust in the air. 

[Bainford]

On 12/18/2022 at 2:03 PM, gary jackson said:

just curious.   with the paint booths i see dont they suck trash into the booth with one open face

 

Absolutely. All common hobby spray booths are inherently flawed in this way. The only advantage to a hobby paint booth is fume removal. Pulling unfiltered air across a freshly painted body can have the expected result.

[OldTrucker]

Been using my open air paint booth for ever. Just can't use it in inclimate weather.

Rarely have any issues with contaminates in the paint.