which type of booth works better back exhaust or down draft?

tagger got a nice one... i would go with out the back your blowin the stuff towards the back anyway might as whell make it a strait shot

tagger got a nice one... i would go with out the back your blowin the stuff towards the back anyway might as whell make it a strait shot

yep


downdraft seems to make more sense for something like a sanding table, for spraying - back exhaust is best.

http://cgi.ebay.com/MEW-JC-Metal-Fabrication-Inc-Hobby-Spray-Paint-Booth_W0QQitemZ8270975417QQcategoryZ28111QQrdZ1QQc mdZViewItem
good, quiet, hobby size booth,, He'll build to order too.. I was looking at cardboard ones .. this unit is solid, expect to pay $65.00 S&H over this price .. I don't know him from adam . JPI got one too ... my lungs love it ..

There is a booth in the classifieds

Seems to be a down draft

Like Tagger said. Nice guy to deal with and the 350cfm motor handles U Pol without a trace of the stench. :D

i bought one from him from ebay,the guy is nice to deal with , assembled it in a few minutes once i read the directions ,lol,shipping is alittle expensive, but it is a big box and sort of heavy

Hey Tagger or Gary, I just got one of those JC metal Hobby spraybooths. Have you guys ever sprayed Krylon rattle-can or solvent -based paints in it?

Maybe with a different filter? Thanks.

I don't use krylon .. no good reason.. so far I sprayed rustoleum paints ..painters touch,american classic,,and proffesional .. also zinnser primer... I bought a case of filters at home depot .. 6 or 7 bucks for 12.... something like that .. cheap I forget .. I'm venting to the outside ofcourse ..

Thanks Tagger for the response. Installed the spraybooth yesterday, ducted it out a sidewall. The fan seems to move a lot of air!

What concerned me was how that fan motor handles solvents, the flammable kind. I really would'nt use it that way, but I will be using spray cans once in a while. Good to hear that works well.

I've got some plugs to E-tex and soon I'll have some photos.

AG, call John at JC to ask, but i believe it is an expolsion proof motor.

i wouldn't worry about it. your spraying into a filter in the back then round the corner to a squirrel cage fan right? you'd have to pump out some serious solvent to get that to flash.

Electric motor ignition is so rare that you may as well be worried about shark attacks in your swimming pool . I have a rear draft booth and don't think twice about explosions . Asphyxiation in my little shop is a bigger worry .
The show Myth Busters tried the myth that a shop vac picking up gasoline could become a jet engine . It turned out that they couldn't get the gas to even ignite without adding pure O2 and manipulating the motor .
If anyone gets enough fumes in their shop to blow the place up , the odds are that the poor SOB is already a gonner .