paint booth

2 Darts said
Kanders has got a lot of good suggestions. The spraybooth at an aircraft shop I used to use had filters on the intake and exhaust fans. It was amazing how much paint the exhaust filters caught and cut down on the odor, too.

I strongly recommend using a respirator and a covering for head and ears. If the respirator does not cover the nose, use plugs in your nose. When I painted the underhood and rear deck of the Demon, I neglected this detail. I had Petty Blue nose hair for a couple of days. LOL

2 Darts, your right about the respirator. 3M makes a nice unit which has the filters for organic chemicals (the ones for most auto paints),I think they're only about $50.00. The filters are almost triangular shape and make sure you get a box of prefilters, they are cheap throw aways and allow you to use the expensive chemical filters for many paint jobs. The coveralls I use are those paper throw away type which have a hood so you will be completely covered except for around your eyes, you'll get 3 or 4 paint jobs out of them. I use an old pair of shoes that I keep around just for painting, they get pretty thick after a while. The paint diffusers work really well, its suprising to see how thick and plugged they get after a few paint jobs.... paint particulate that would be going out of your booth into the neighborhood. Mount the diffusers in a metal or wooden box in front of the exhaust fan, it'll keep your fan blades from getting thick and clogged up. Kev