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Post by mutazoid on Jan 9, 2017 19:24:57 GMT
I only have one room to work in and I wish use spray paint (primer mostly) but Im worried about its toxicity. Any tips for getting this under control?
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Post by scififan27 on Jan 9, 2017 19:58:06 GMT
You need an extractor and paint booth to paint inside. They're relatively cheap to buy, and my biggest recommendation is to buy rather than make one, unless you know what you're doing. It is possible to make one yourself, however, if you get it wrong, the worst case scenario is death or injury by explosion - it is not something you want to toy around with.
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Post by sgtslag on Jan 9, 2017 20:02:50 GMT
There is a PDF online, which illustrates how to make an activated charcoal filter system, to contain the chemical fumes. Search for it, if interested. It basically uses a paint booth/box, where you install a bathroom fan, plus filter (catches the paint particulates), to suck the air into a flexible clothes dryer pipe, which then is fed into a 5-gallon plastic bucket, which contains the activated charcoal filter, and this has a shop-vac connected to it, to further draw the filtered, clean air out of the system.
I planned to build it, until I started using brush-on Artist's Gesso, as my normal primer. After I began using Gesso, I no longer needed to spray prime indoors. The Gesso is acrylic, water based, and no fumes. Best of luck! Cheers!
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Post by Deleted on Jan 9, 2017 21:03:55 GMT
There is a PDF online, which illustrates how to make an activated charcoal filter system, to contain the chemical fumes. Search for it, if interested. It basically uses a paint booth/box, where you install a bathroom fan, plus filter (catches the paint particulates), to suck the air into a flexible clothes dryer pipe, which then is fed into a 5-gallon plastic bucket, which contains the activated charcoal filter, and this has a shop-vac connected to it, to further draw the filtered, clean air out of the system. I planned to build it, until I started using brush-on Artist's Gesso, as my normal primer. After I began using Gesso, I no longer needed to spray prime indoors. The Gesso is acrylic, water based, and no fumes. Best of luck! Cheers! I think this is the one that was going around the forum before. www.starshipmodeler.com/tech/pa_booth.htm
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Post by jennifer on Jan 9, 2017 22:30:23 GMT
I spray outdoors and bring it in to dry, in the winter. Been working out well. I keep the paint and cardboard indoors so it's room temp as well.
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Post by scififan27 on Jan 9, 2017 23:40:04 GMT
I spray outdoors and bring it in to dry, in the winter. Been working out well. I keep the paint and cardboard indoors so it's room temp as well. I tried that once in winter in Pittsburgh, PA. It didn't work very well. If you want to try this approach, mutazoid, you need to make sure the temperature outside isn't beyond the working temperature of your paint.
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Post by sgtslag on Jan 10, 2017 0:32:07 GMT
@shinobi for the win! Yep, I posted on it before.
If the air is too cold, the paint can freeze mid-air. Some folks do fine with it, others, not so much. Cheers!
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Post by Sam on Jan 10, 2017 9:40:16 GMT
If you build your own, the use of an isolated motor fan like the bath room exhaust fan is important. Most fans have an open motor which can generate sparks. Not good when working with flammable gases.
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Post by DnDPaladin on Jan 10, 2017 15:50:27 GMT
my setup is quite basic in my basement. a big cardboard box with hole on the back and hole on the side. ventilator pushing the air from side to back. behind the box there is an open window. which i close once im all over with. been working fine for me.
its not the best as it leaves some fume still inside. but been working for now.
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Post by sgtslag on Jan 10, 2017 16:08:41 GMT
True! If you can vent the fumes out a window, that is much easier, and cheaper, than creating an active carbon filter system (should still use a filter to capture paint particulates, before they enter the tube, and the window...). I used cardboard boxes, for my priming/paint booth, as well. Cheap, easy, throw out (recycle) when done. Thanks for chiming in, DnDPaladin . Cheers!
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Post by skunkape on Jan 13, 2017 16:08:23 GMT
One thing you can do to help painting outside in the cold is to heat the cans of paint. Get some hot water, from the tap should be good, put it in a pan, then place the paint can in the pan. This will warm the can and paint so that when you go outside, you have higher than room temperature paint and it should react better when you use it outside. Just make sure when you're doing this that the water isn't to hot. In other words, if you heat it on the stove, make sure the water is not boiling!
You don't want to put a sealed can in boiling water. Not sure when you'll have to high a temperature, but just use tap water as that shouldn't be too hot!
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Post by tauster on Jan 17, 2017 20:40:26 GMT
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Post by margaret on Jan 18, 2017 2:01:50 GMT
Just one caveat - although I always appreciate it when people post interesting links - the second link is for an AIRBRUSH spray booth. I wouldn't use something that shallow as a spray booth for priming with a can of spray paint.
The OP didn't say what type of spray painting, so airbrush might do it. Or if your control of the nozzle on the spray can is better than mine...
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