Ok here’s the deal. Im here in Iraq (again) this time i was smart and got all my stuff here, compressor, air brush , and so on… However unlike last year when I was in a more “residential” location, this year i am in the middle of dusty nowhere. And I do mean dusty. which brings me to my point. I need a spray booth to paint in, to keep the tonz of dust from collecting on my work, while it dries. I was wondering if anyone out there has some good ol boys sense, that is, making stuff out of nothing, for a spray booth. I have a limited amount of resourse here in “the land that God forgot” I could use some demisions as well. Thanks again guys.
Difficult to answer without knowing what sort of supplies that you have handy. My first “spray booth” was nothing more than a cardboard box, about two foot square and a foot and half tall, open on the front and top. For your situation, you probably need something more enclosed. Dimensions are not overly critical, as long as it is big enough to allow you to comforably paint whatever you are working on.
Maybe a tarp, preferably clear for better lighting, could be tented over a large cardboard box, pehaps attached to the side of a vehicle. Alternatively, do have some sort of tent that could be used as is? One major concern if you enlcose yourself with you model would be ventilation. You want to be careful that you don’t gas yourself.
Even without full enclosure, I would think that a large box, open only on the front would help a great deal, and then cover the front with a tarp while the paint dries.
Good luck.
Andy
P.S. Thank you for your service over there. [tup]
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Hey! if Your going to weather it, just paint it out in the open,…You’ll get the weathering at the same time …Ha.ha…I agree with Andy…Use a cardboard box with a clear plastic “tarp”/cover…My first spray booth was a 20"X20" box fan glued to the inside end of a cardboard box with a 20"X20" heater filter taped in front of the fan…I glued a 6"X6" piece of plastic in front of the fan motor so the fumes wouldn’t get into the fan motor and eat away the wiring and cause a fire…It worked alright till I could afford my Badger paint booth…“Should have saved my money!”…“RC”