Just curious what opinions are regarding the concept of drying booths for enamels.
The concept of it is very tempting for someone who loves to use enamels but wishes for a faster cure.
Thoughts?
any links to any particular booths for those unfamiliar with them?
Wow that’s expensive for something that a week would do the same but if you are willing to pay and don’t like waiting go for it. I don’t have any experience with any drying booths but I have seen where folks have used food dehydrators to speed up drying. May give that a look and see if you can come out much cheaper. Just have to check the temps. on them out first and compare.
$200 for a drying booth!?!? A total waste of money. I’d rather spend $200 elsewhere. I’ve heard folks build their own drying booths though.
I don’t even own one nor plan on getting one - bought or homemade. I don’t see a need for it unless you’re in a hurry to finish a kit.
Don Stauffer, who is on FSM forums had a thread about a home built Paint dryer. Me personally, I would not pay $200 for a paint dryer. I’ll build one myself.
I can’t find the thread I’m talking about, and the search option on this forum doesn’t work well.
seems excessive for sure. When me and my friend would make and paint guitar pedals we would “cure” the paint in a cheap toaster oven. I don’t see that working for a plastic model though. warping would be a definite problem.
I certainly would not pay that sort of money for somthing like that. I made my own but only to keep the dust off whilst drying, i didn’t attach a heat source to it. Never seen the need to speed up the drying process.
To get a good picture and description of Don’s homemade booth, search Drying Booth, then filter by Authors. The second post down is Don’s reply to another thread on making your own.
Don’s post is here.
Tip for searching this site: Ignore the site’s search function, which is useless. Use a major search engine.
EDIT: Below is the link (becasue the hyperlink function here still doesn’t work right
http://cs.finescale.com/fsm/tools_techniques_and_reference_materials/f/18/t/146050.aspx
…and even that won’t post as a hyperlink. I’m about ready to give it up.
Thank you for finding Don’s post. Prior to posting this topic, I used the search function and did not see this come up. Now I know how to search properly.
I work in spurts due to a busy family schedule with young kids and can’t get anything done if I am forced to wait a week for drying.
This is a great solution for me.
Thank you!
Bill
Glad I could help you find Don’s post, Bill.
Thanks for the tip on searching, Greg! And thanks for posting Don’s thread.
Also, I’ve never been able to hyperlink a FSM forum link on the FSM forum. Kinda funny!
Bruce, glad to be of some use. You’re welcome.
How I found out really was back in '13, newly back in the hobby and “Googling” lots of hobby-related searches, most of the top results came back to right here at good 'ol FSM. That’s how I found out about this place and all the nice folk here.
Then after I joined up, I got all frustrated about the forum search function not really working, until one day a little light went off. [I]
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Edit: Hopefully Don will find this thread and chime in, then credit can go where it is deserved.
I use a hand held hair dryer.
My drying booth cost me about 30 bucks, including the fan. I had the lightbulb heatsource already on hand.
Or if you know of a room / area (garage dormer for example) that gets really hot (not humid) during the summer. Cheap, yet free. I know my garage dormer gets super hot during the summer. [:)]
Like so many modelers, I’d love to decrease drying times. I’m going to build one here too with the gear I already have. My question is about what some of you have experienced with drying/set-up times on say car bodies or aircraft fuselages. I have no doubt of the benefits concerning smaller staked/pinned parts, but what is you all’s experience with drying times on large surfaces with primers, acrylics, enamels, laquers, clear coats, etc…? Thank you in advance.
S/F, Gunner B
I usually have a few projects going at once so the need to speed up drying time on one project becomes moot when I can work on another. I usually let my models dry in a closed tupperware type container. Accelerating drying times (ie hairdryer) particularly with acrylics may degrade the paint’s properties. When I used enamels, I waited at least a week. Patience is key and sometimes it is hard to wait. Save your money and buy models, forego the dry booth.