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:

1. Provides a low dust environment for spray painting
2. 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:

1. Make it easier to use as it is currently designed. or
2. 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