Using and airbrush and Createx paint - do you think you could vent a spray booth through a dryer hose to a pipe filled with something like aquarium filter charcoal and let that vent out into the room or would you just poison yourself and the house?

I am thinking about a pipe the same diameter as the dryer hose. How long do you think the charcoal filled pipe should be?

I hate the thought of pumping warm air out into the Vermont winter and what that will do to the heating bill.

Santa is bringing me an airbrush and that got the wheels a turning.


Thanks in advance for your wisdom.

I don't vent the Createx anywhere.....lends itself to some serious Technicolor Nostril-Nuggets....

i really don't vent it.....I spray against a backdrop just so it doesn't go anywhere. Its water based w/ no propellant other than air.

It's not just the fumes that cause problems. The overspray is super fine and it will collect on everything. It is best to use a spray booth that exhausts outside. I don't think the aquarium charcoal will cut the fumes.
If you have an electric cloths dryer, you can use the same vent. I put a Y in the exhaust vent line and use a blast gate to direct the spray booth out only when in use. It allows me to close it off when not in use. Minimal amount of heat loss!:rollem:

Guys don't be stupid. Just because it's water based don't mean your lungs were meant to breathe it. ALL water based paint contains solvents.

Airborne solvent particles=LUNG DAMAGE

Salty - do you think I have any chance of making it safe the way I describe it?

vent outside only when you spray

There is some surgery that will help emphesema, it runs around 63K with the post op care. I know oil is high but it's not that high.

vent it outside but before that add a heat exchanger with fresh air intake, that way 80-90% of your heat loss is reduced. That has to be easier than charcoal filters

God only gives you one set of lungs
TDF, you should at the very least be using some kind of booth filter. do you wear a mask?

I Wear a mask when spinning and Sanding, not when airbrushing.

So the answer to the original question isssss .......... .?

vent it outside but before that add a heat exchanger with fresh air intake, that way 80-90% of your heat loss is reduced. That has to be easier than charcoal filters

God only gives you one set of lungs
TDF, you should at the very least be using some kind of booth filter. do you wear a mask?

I've be rattle canning and yes I wear a mask. One rated for paint VOCs and lead. Plan to wear it airbrushing also.

Santa is bringing an airbrush and was just exploring the options. I do plan to make a booth with a furnace filter.

I as just wondering if there were any bad things in Createx paint vapors or if it had vapors. I guess I should just get the material safety data sheet for Createx paint.

MSDS here: http://hazard.com/msds/gn.cgi?query=createx+&start=0

I saw a nice down draft table on the web some where. It was a bench top with a hole cut the size of a box fan. Box fan was mounted under the table, facing downward into a cabinet. The draft pulls the overspray down into the cabinet and onto a filter. The guy had his compressor in the cabinet to cut down on the noise.