Diy Paint Booth Fan

This exhaust fan needs to be properly sized to move enough air out of the work area.

Diy paint booth fan. Paint booths also called spray booths finishing booths or powder booths can be designed for any auto painting use. A paint booth is a room that is fitted with exhaust fans and an air intake system to create a dust free environment for painting and finishing automobiles and other vehicles. When spraying paint in a paint booth you need to expel the fumes from the work area. I left off with adding and exhaust vent at the top of the cabinet.

I made a paint booth that vents the fumes outside by using a furnace blower. There were plenty of options available. The next step is to ventilate the cabinet and put in a paint booth exhaust of some kind. Face the fan toward the inside of the booth.

This diy garage paint booth has changed the way i work and i am totally smitten. I ve been using a paint sprayer for about a year now. There s some accumulated clutter after 30 years of use but the majority of the space. You re creating positive pressure meaning you ll blow air in and let it out in another filter.

If you use wood for the fan mount panel the end process that is shown in the mounting the dayton blower 6fhx9 to the fan mount panel video will be the same. Paint booths are used in. If you pulled air from the paint booth through the fan instead you could end up drawing dangerous fumes into the fan s motor. The fumes are removed from the area by use of an exhaust fan.

The paint booth that i converted from an old tv cabinet is complete. The spray booth used in this article was constructed using a vent works filter rack and fan mount panel but if you prefer you can make those parts yourself using wood. The space as we mentioned earlier knutson s garage measures a modest 25 by 30 feet. In the past each time i would start a project i would spend almost half a day setting up some sort of paint booth situation.