How to build a paint booth in your garage without pissing off your wife!

[markd]

Well, I lied about pissing off your wife. My wife is still upset that she “did not get her garage back” when I sent my car to a local body shop. Now, when she complains about me spending time in the garage, I remind her that the sooner I get done the sooner she can get the garage back!

I spent about $75 dollars in materials and it took about 4 hours to build. I am sandblasting and painting all the small parts instead of paying someone else to do it.

I have used the paint booth several times over the past two months and it works great! It keeps the fumes from getting into the house and I don’t have to worry about dust, bugs, dirt getting and the kids touching the wet paint.

Materials:

• 4 x Roll of clear plastic 8x10'
• 2 x cans of aerosol spray adhesive
• 8 x 8' x 1" PVC Pipe
• 4 x 10' x 1" PVC Pipe
• 8 x elbows 1"
• 8 x T connectors 1"
• 1 x can pipe dope

Below are some pictures:

[ItDoRun]

Good idea! I'm in the process of building a 13'x30' lean-to off the side of my shop and will definitely be using this idea to help fill up my new work area.

What's the aerosol adhesive for? I'm assuming that you used it to hold the pvc and platic wrap together. What mil plastic did you use?

[markd]

Originally Posted by ItDoRun

Good idea! I'm in the process of building a 13'x30' lean-to off the side of my shop and will definitely be using this idea to help fill up my new work area.

What's the aerosol adhesive for? I'm assuming that you used it to hold the pvc and platic wrap together. What mil plastic did you use?

Yeah, your right…I used the aerosol adhesive to glue the plastic to the PVC pipe. My original plan was to use a bunch of tape, but my father suggested that I use the spray adhesive. It worked well and sealed everything tight.

I believe I used 6 mil plastic. Its pretty thin, but effective. I would probably use something thicker if it was going to be outside

Good luck!

[Rhino]

I'm in the process of doing the exact same thing now, other than I built mine 16 foot long to encompass my entire car and pinned a few of the joints to allow me to tear it down as needed. Mine is for sandblasting so I'm not nearly as concerned with air tightness as I was simply recovering the media.

How sturdy is your structure? Mine seems to sag much more than yours does, even though our horizontal spans are similar.

[markd]

Originally Posted by Rhino

I'm in the process of doing the exact same thing now, other than I built mine 16 foot long to encompass my entire car and pinned a few of the joints to allow me to tear it down as needed. Mine is for sandblasting so I'm not nearly as concerned with air tightness as I was simply recovering the media.

How sturdy is your structure? Mine seems to sag much more than yours does, even though our horizontal spans are similar.

Mine structure is sturdy, but it’s only 8’ long. I like your idea of pinning the joints…I was not thinking that far ahead!

[GBodyGMachine]

Interesting idea. Good thinking!

[The Pearl Cyclone]

Has anyone purchased this sub frame? I need to know what size wheels and backspacing you used as Heidts doesnt what to say.

[chopshop]

Originally Posted by Camaro69vn10

I have used the paint booth several times over the past two months and it works great! It keeps the fumes from getting into the house and I don’t have to worry about dust, bugs, dirt getting and the kids touching the wet paint.

Materials:

• 4 x Roll of clear plastic 8x10'
• 2 x cans of aerosol spray adhesive
• 8 x 8' x 1" PVC Pipe
• 4 x 10' x 1" PVC Pipe
• 8 x elbows 1"
• 8 x T connectors 1"
• 1 x can pipe dope

although I really dont recommend doing this now (as I have a REAL booth and shop now) I painted my own car in a quansit hut tent in winter...way back...in 2001


this is right after I finished it...