I thought about it and decided that lighting would have been a big issue. I was thinking using pvc pipe for a frame and covering it with clear plastic and roping it off to the rafters to keep it from getting knocked over into my work. I have an extra tall garage.
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Dust nibs and bugs are driving me crazy. I wish I had a booth to paint in. I believe I could do some good work in a booth where I could have more control over such things. I painted the hood for a friends '54 last Saturday and just as I finished with the last coat of clear a little bug landed in it and just buried itself in deep. Only thing I could do was cuss up a storm.
What's the best way to fix something like that short of wetsanding and applying another coat of clear?
I get pretty good results if I get the parts ready the night before. Then very early morning when the dew is still on the ground and I can paint and get a nice job. The weather is cooler and the bug thing seems to be less trouble. Less dust to worry about also.
I simulate a paint booth in my garage - I run clear plastic from ceiling to floor, setup rolls of bug screen and 2x4's scrunch/sealed under the garage door, run a box fan with home furnace filters on it sealed in the rear door -and wet everything down with a garden hose - whole setup costs about $80 - walmart has large rolls of cheap plastic, home furnace filters, rolls of bug screen, plastic tarp hooks (to hang the plastic) and metal hooks to screw into the ceiling. I get box fans from the thrift store.
I am thinking of a portable carport..you know metal legs that usually or covered with a big tarp. but covering it with clear plastic all around, tarp on ground. The exhaust I have not thought out completely. But when I seen this post I had to search a little and found this... doesn't seem like enough walk around room IMO and if the fan ever failed I can only imagine what all that plastic would do to a wet paint job. Reminds me once a friend had painted his VW rabbit outside and by the time he was at the back of the car,his cat had walked over the hood and roof and was sitting there staring at him on all that fresh paint.. So don't rule out pets.
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Had to sign back in and put this one on here. Just found it online. This one makes more sense to me and could be done small scale even over a concrete slab.
I'm thinking about a similar set up like this this, minus the bug screens cause live in the desert of southern California and we don't have many bugs to speak of, maybe some ants and a few flies. Anyway I have a question about the Box fan, are you running it so they are blowing dirty air outside or blowing fresh air into the garage? I'm assuming fresh air in if you have furnace filters on them, is that correct? Also I only have a garage door and and no access door that leads to the outside, just a door that leads into the house, would this set up be okay for proper ventilation and air circulation? Could I put a box fan on one side of the garage door that blows fresh air in and another box fan on the opposite side that draws air out and seal it all? Just trying to find the cheapest and easiest way. Thanks and any input would be appreciated............ JOSH
I've done this with good success: Seal up with plastic as well as you can, then place box fan (or two) at rear of garage for exhaust. filters in opening at the front (no fan) will allow clean air to be drawn in. you don't want a whirlwind in there, only some good cross flow so that the stuff in the air will be evacuated. Wash your booth out the night before you shoot. DO NOT do this immediately before as water droplets will invariably get splashed up on the body. DO wet it down outside everywhere. You can also zip tie filters to the exhaust fan and put a fine spray hose-end sprinkler near the exhaust exit just outside to help wash the paint particles out of the air as they go past. This is a must if you have close neighbors or don't want any overspray on anything. Your situation does not sound so great for cross flow. You may have a cloud in the back of the garage while the front is nice and clear. Good luck.
