D.I.Y SPRAYBOOTH
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OK FOLKS LOOKING FOR A FEW IDEAS HOW TO HEAT UP MY SPRAYBOOTH
USING A SPACE BLOWER AT THE MO WHICH IM NOT TO HAPPY WITHH LEAVING
MOISTURE IN THE AIR.ALSO BLOWS DUST LIKE MAD.INFRA RED LAMPS WAY TO EXPENSIVE
ANY IDEAS MUCH APPRECIATED…………move to florida
Nex, you’re a very wise man :kofee
this is a dilemma for all of us with homemade booths. since real booth typically have 1.5million btu forced air heat, there is no simple solution. My solution in the old shop was blast the shop heat until the whole place was 80 degrees. then when the air is all sucking through the booth fans outside at least it’s warm for a while. then fire up the reddy heater again.
I used to paint for a guy in North Carolina that had a homemade booth that took a reddy heater and rigged up a section of duct work that ran off the heater and then took a 90 into the booth through the wall. This way you could run it while you were painting and not have that open flame with you in the booth. Once your overspray clears out you can cut the fans off and let the booth warm back up. Something else you can do is get one of those cheap electronic thermometers from harbor freight to check the temp of the panels before you start painting. I have also seen some guys run a gas heater from the ceiling in their booth. I just don’t know how crazy I would be about shooting a car with an open flame around. You could also see about wiring some type of switch so you could adjust the speed of your exhaust fan so you can keep some type of air moving to get some of the solvents out of the booth. You can also add accelerator to your clear to help things out. But be careful with that stuff, it can make buffing a little interesting if you don’t buff it within a reasonable amount of time.
Chuck
if you have mains gas supply
gas boiler and regular radiators like the ones you see in a house seen this done many times and it works, no flames to worry about.
In my sketches for my dream shop I was planning on a big overkill boiler so I can have a crap load of hot water running through to the booth. I plan to install the unit heaters in the inlet air stream instead of just mounted in the booth collecting dust/ overspray. I just can’t see installing a whole separate system like a standalone booth would have.
Actually my friend i am watching a wood burning stove with back boiler
on ebay at the mo it has thermostat ,pump,pipes i was thinking of 2 house
radiators either side of the booth.sounds like a winner
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