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<\/a><\/p>\nI needed a paint booth, so I converted my carport to be a huge paint booth. I sealed off all the sides with plastic (or a tarp) that was simply stapled to the wood. I needed to have some ventilation, but I was worried about a potentially combustable environment with all the paint fumes. I bought three box fans for about $15 each from Home Depot \/ Target, and four $5-7 furnace filters. I taped the filters on the outside of two of the fans, and had them blow into the paint booth \u2014 these definitely are safe, as the fumes won\u2019t be running over the moving parts of the fan. I taped over one fan\u2019s motor cooling inlet and ran it for a while; it didn\u2019t get hot at all, and I figured the HVLP I was using wouldn\u2019t generate enough concentration of fumes to really be combustable in such a large environment, so I used the third fan (with a filter in front of it) as an exhaust on one side. I also put another filter underneath it as another natural exhaust. The two in one out creates a slight positive pressure in the booth. The exhaust one can be seen on the right in the photo below; it is about shoulder level to remove concentrations in the air at about that level.<\/p>\n
Inlet fans (filter is on the outside), sitting on some scrap thing I had:<\/p>\n The HVLP compressor is outside so it is always \u201cbreathing\u201d clean air and won\u2019t add to the risk of combusting. For lighting, I bought a $20 shop light from Home Depot that had a cover, and a $10 power cord. I mated them together, and covered all exposed electrical stuff really well with electrical tape, and then doubly make sure the entire box was sealed up with duct tape. The florescent bulbs run really cool, and with the added covering I\u2019m not worried about it causing any sparks and fires. It is mounted on a saw horse so I can drag it around to where I need it:<\/p>\n I strung a wire across the carport and hung all the fenders on it, securing one side with wire and some clamps on the other side to keep them from not moving around too much. It is kind of hokey, and works fine as long as I don\u2019t bump the thing and get it moving too much. I can also push the funder vertical and easily spray the underneath right before the top. During my first coat of primer I discovered overspray was bad, so during the second coat I would alternate spraying fenders, and cover the freshly painted one about 5-10 minutes after I painted it. This is enough time to let the paint flash (ie: solvents dry out), and not be tacky. However, this bit me once as I put the cover on a little too early on one of the fenders that had a particularly heavy coat and it stuck to it. I\u2019ll be sanding that one some more to get the marks out.<\/p>\n The engine lid is hanging off a big latter with some wire, and I can spin it around to paint each side:<\/p>\n I sprayed the first coat on and got a feel for painting the car. This is the first car I\u2019ve ever painted, and I did discover a few little imperfections in my body work, but I\u2019ll probably just not worry about it. I might change my mind during the week and fix it before I do the color coat.<\/p>\n Front view:<\/p>\n Rear view:<\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n