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

[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!

[GM Muscle]

Originally Posted by GBodyGMachine

Interesting idea. Good thinking!

i did the same thing about 4 or 5 years ago but i just used 2x4 studs. i mounted the squirrel cage type fans in the front top corners of the the booth and a small one in the back bottom.. you want the pressure to be slightly positive so you dont suck dirt in! i used regular home a/c filters to filter the incoming air i was 20 and it worked like a charm.. i got nicer jobs out of that booth that i do with our 50k booth at work... haha

[fastback]

I was about to call BS on the "without pissing off your wife" part, but your first sentence cleared it up for me.

Nice job. I recently bought three cars (a car and two trucks actually), so my brother and I can teach ourselves to do body and paint. I'll soon need to build something similar, but larger.

Do you have any type of ventillation in that thing? Is there a floor panel also, or are you painting on the bare garage floor.

I'm wondering if I could do something like you've done, or if the fans we'll need will suck the plastic sheeting in too much.

[GM Muscle]

Originally Posted by fastback

I was about to call BS on the "without pissing off your wife" part, but your first sentence cleared it up for me.

Nice job. I recently bought three cars (a car and two trucks actually), so my brother and I can teach ourselves to do body and paint. I'll soon need to build something similar, but larger.

Do you have any type of ventillation in that thing? Is there a floor panel also, or are you painting on the bare garage floor.

I'm wondering if I could do something like you've done, or if the fans we'll need will suck the plastic sheeting in too much.

read my post above.. and its importants to use a fan that doesnt have the motor exposed.. if you use a regular box fan or something you risk the paint fumes being ingnited by the fan motor..

[hectore3]

Very nice. Will have to try that myself.

[patriotformula]

very cool man... vented or not, it keeps all those stray paint particles from landing on another project, car, or otherwise. Even for small stuff this is almost a must have!