Paint Booth, Collapsible Painting booth V1.0, Pat Spencer's ID:204
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Type | |
Make/Model | v1.0 |
Serial number | N/A |
Original owner | Donated by Pat Spencer |
Loan status | Donated |
Arrival date | ? |
Location | DMZ Zone |
Functional status | Under Development to V2.0 |
Usage permissions | anyone |
Certification | None |
Wiki-ID | [[]] |
Label | 1.0" 1.5" 2.0" |
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This Booth was donated by Pat Spencer in response to discussion about a painting project by @David.C
See this Forum Post--> https://forum.protospace.ca/t/now-a-pitch-jank-booth-aka-how-jank-a-paint-booth-could-we-realistically-jank/4684/30
It was offered and used successfully to do the pinball game painting, and is stored in the DMZ area against the wall.
Note that this is a V1.0 (Early prototype) of a small portable Paint booth that servers 2 needs:
- Provides a low dust environment for spray painting
- Send fumes outside
The booth was designed to be set up and taken down using an electric screwdriver, screws, some poly, and a few 2x2's.
It has been suggested that this is too hard to set up and could use a revision to make it more usable.
There are 2 possible versions that may come out of this discussion:
- Make it easier to use as it is currently designed. or
- Redesign for a "use-in-Place" kind of setup that would be even easier to use.
Both of these suggestions have some compromises, so a review and member consensuses is needed.
Usage
The Current configuration requires the following steps to set up:
- Roll the base unit out and place in front of the garage door
- Carry the door unit over and get it ready to fasten to the base unit
- Attach the door unit to the base unit using either the 4 sample 2x2's that are provided, or
- Attach the door unit to the base unit using longer 2x2's that you will need to provide. The size is up to you.
- wrap poly over the end walls and the roof so as to seal the unit for spraying.
- raise the garage door about 10 to 12 inches to expose the rear of the blower on the base unit. This is a bit of a hack, but you also need to plug the door that is on each side of the base unit.
- turn on power switch on the base unit to start the fan.
Upgrade
V2.0 of the booth has been completed. This includes the following improvements:
- End wall sections that allow them to remain attached to the base unit, as well as collapse for storage. This includes catches to hold the walls in the collapsed position.
- A retractable roof. This is a prototype design using a weighted end to slide the roof down as it is collapsed, and slide up as it is deployed.
- Electrical upgrade to add an electrical switch and outlet for lights.
- Added a 12" flex hose to route the air to the outside. This includes a 3D printed HVAC type adaptor to attach to 12"x12" exhaust from the base unit fan.
- Rubber casters to improve the rolling on concrete. Added castors to the front wall.
Proposed additional upgrades:
- Replace Base unit poly with a more resilient fabric dropcloth. I have purchased a 9' by 15' drop for this purpose. All that is needed is to sew up an edge so that it will be resilient.
- construct a floor sweep style air exhaust for porting the air from the booth to the outside. Adapt this to a 48"x3" low profile sweep that the door rests on. There would also be 2 48"x3" door plugs that would allow this to plug the door when deployed. The door is 12 feet wide. Concept drawing is coming
Detailed photos (V1.0)
Detailed photos (V2.0)
Documentation
TBD