Austin ! Nice to hear you are looking about making a Spray-booth !
Since you must be on a Budget.... (presumably) you can make one using scraps found in your basement!
or get a few pieces from your local Home Depot type of stores...
I used a Piece of MDF as a base.... A good "Squirrel cage" Bathroom Fan to keep it Cheap !
and some Corrugated Translucent Plastic to form the BOX ! all in all 45$
You can go cheaper or More Elaborate.... as your Wallet permits ?
You need a way to connect the Exhaust to a Window in such a way that it won't BLOW back in...
So for that I used Yet another piece of Translucent Corrugated Plastic to serve as a support for my
Exhaust Port and Still let some light in !!!
I have added twist Tabs to the Window to easily remove the panel if I need to !!! I seal the Panel to the window frame with a No Mess Removable Silicon Caulk... to keep Air,Bugs,Dust to find a way in ! while the exterior window is Open ! The zip ties are there to quickly disconnect the Hose for storage.
Corrugated plastic sheet comes in many size... and are fairly affordable ! So while you are drawing the shape of your Booth... you might want to consider the size of those Sheets that are available to you ! to save on money and maybe the Space that this booth will occupy once in your Room or Basement or where ever you are allowed to have it installed semi-permanently !
I know many of the readers won't agree with using a Bathroom Exhaust Fan... but since it is your First Booth... might as well keep it on the Cheap side !!! if you don't Overwhelm the fan with a Rush of Paint... like the output of a Rattle Can.... it will do fine for years to come until you can afford Building or buying a Better Booth ! Something just over 100 CFM will suffice ! for a small bedroom or Hobby Room.
The more it sux... the more expensive or Loud it can be... but make sure it has a "Squirrel cage" design to minimize chances of a Motor Fire... If you keep using Enamel based paints...??? If you can't find one...or its too expensive get a Bathroom Fan with a Sealed Motor (No Exposed Commutator & Brushes)
IF you can't find a squirrel cage Fan.
BTW..... air speed (feet per minute) X area (square feet)= CFM
Design your Booth with the size of models you are building in Mind...??? if you plan too small ?
some models will be hard to fit in there.... the bigger the booth ! the more CFM you might have to use to evacuate all that Floating paint particles...
It can be as simple or as complicated as you want it to be !!! so Start small and you can always Modify and Modernize as you go !!!
oh... another nice thing about translucent Corrugated Sheets is that you don't have to MOUNT a Light internally !!! light passes thru the material just fine !!!
as you can see my Booth is now too small !!! but I work around that till I build a bigger one !
oh.. get yourself a Small Lazy Suzanne to spin your work around... so you don't have to manipulate your models while in the booth... 10$ top !
Hope to see you make a WiP of your Spray-booth... best of luck and Happy Modeling !
Norm
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