I've had many people ask me how I built my paint booth so I
put together a few pictures to show how I did it.
The frame is made from 1" electrical conduit. All the fittings to hold it
together are standard tent or awning fittings that can be bought from many
different vendors. I got mine from the site below who happened to be in Houston
just up the road from me. The conduit came in 10' lengths which was ok for the
top side rails. I cut some of them to 6' long to use as legs and roof trusses. I
wanted a 24' long booth so I had to cut 3 of them at 4' long. After I put the
frame together I took a roll of thick clear plastic like contractors use for
concrete slabs and covered it. I used silver duct tape to hold all the plastic
together. It stuck so well I had to cut it off when I took it down. I made the
doors out of 1"x1" wood so I could put in exhaust filters easier. The pictures
show only two exhaust filters at first. I later added two more and it helped to
clear the fog faster. I put the doors up using large plastic tie wraps so they
would just pivot on the legs. The plastic on the side wrapped around the leg and
over the front of the door. That way the gap between the door and leg was sealed
off. It works pretty well, I never had any signs of overspray on anything
outside the booth. I only wish I could have made it wider and taller but
it would not have fit in my garage. Mine was 12'x24'x6' tall on the sides
and 7' tall in the center. It was a little tight when shooting the roof and
sides. I don't remember what it cost me. The most expensive parts were the pipe
and fittings but they were not that bad. any home supply store like HomeDepot or
Lowes will have everything but the fittings. Some may even have those. If
you can't find any locally this is where I found mine.
www.surpluscitysales.com/partytentcityconnectors/fittings.html
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Frame with EMT conduit and tent fittings. |
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Tape all the seams with duct tape to seal it. |
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I left a lot of plastic at the bottom in case I wanted to cover the floor. Instead I left it rolled up and it sealed the bottom pretty well. |
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The conduit slides in and sets with a eyelet screw. |
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Intake fans with filters. |
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These are just two 20" box fans I had lying around. Put them up high on on end to blow air into the booth. I used regular furnace filters on the outside of them. The exhaust filters were in the bottom of the doors on the opposite end. |
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1"x1" wood frame doors. Shown with 2 filters here. I added 2 more later to help clear the fog faster. |
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Directly above the door is a piece of conduit tie wrapped to the legs so I could put a piece of plastic down to it from the roof. I could have just made the door angled at the top but then they would not have opened all the way because of the garage doors. |
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