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Old 01-20-2010, 11:02 PM   #6
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Originally Posted by Eric Roach View Post
What am I looking for in terms of CFM?
where are you using it? cellar?garage?shed?
do you have air coming in to replace the air being exhausted out?
are you talking about maybe a 3'wide x 2' high spraybooth just for plugs and small stuff? spray cans like auto touch up paints that may combust?

maybe you need 150 cfm minimum

think about it, a bathroom fan is 60 cfm for a 4x6 bathroom and 110 cfm for about 6x8 or 9

so I'd start with 150 and go as high as 250 depending on your makeup air( you don't want to suck air backwards from your chimmneys or furnace flue.).
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