One of the most well-known textile airbrush artists in the country posted this picture on an airbrush forum in the past and I was thinking it would make a good, cheap paint booth for acrylics.
You could not spray enamels in this as they could catch fire going through the motors of the box fans.
This is used by airbrush artists to spray adhesive on airbrush stencils and the box fan above and below have furnace filters on them to catch the particles from the adhesive.
Mike
Mike,
Depending on the acrylics and thinners used, they could catch fire as well. In my experience, the adhesives are way more flammable than any acrylic. I kinda am of the opinion that the booth you have pictured is not a very good idea–unless the box fans are replaced with something a little less risky. While the furnace filters are good for catching pigments and other large particulates and residues, the organic vapors passing through the fan motors present the greatest potential hazard.
Unless there’s something I don’t understand about the design…
Gip Winecoff
my version is even cheaper, very low fire risk, [:)] but not safe enough though [:(!]:
I simply cut out a cardboard box and try to catch as many overspray as possible. It is poor man’s spray booth [:I]
I know the fume is still in the air, however since I use exclusively acrylic paint and build at a very slow rate (spending more than one month on a 1/72 plane), so it is kind of ok. And I am really looking forward to better weather so that I could spray outside of my apartment…
Gip,
I don’t really know much about it but they have been using these for years in their indoor airbrush shops with no problems.
When I referred to acrylics I was referring to the water-based types which should not be flammable as far as I know. At least that is true for the Createx airbrush paints we use for textile airbrushing.
Mike
Mike,
I understand–finally! Thanks for the clarification.
Gip Winecoff
I am currently cheap cheap. I wanted to build the “Naplak booth”, but the box could not be found locally, so I built one from a cardboard box. I have a furnace filter in front of the fan and it seems to work fine (using Acrylics). Though I do pause occationally to let the fan pull the vapor out of the box. It works, but the booth is UGLY. 