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CNKS
07-03-2006 17:39:03
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Re: CNKS Fisheyes ?? in reply to B-maniac, 07-03-2006 08:55:07
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You could be right, and I considered making one of those before I built my booth, but I don't now have enough room for both. My paint booth takes up needed space, but it keeps paint dust from getting on eveything, I don't have to cover things when I'm painting, and the fans pull out the fumes so I can leave my heat on in the winter. My tractor chassis is on jack stands about 3 feet from the booth entrance. I painted it without covering, and just turning on the fans with the booth doors open. Every building is too small -- and your idea could be the solution. Looking at a previously painted tractor I did before the booth, one I did not buff out, it looks "about" the same as the one I'm doing now. And, I do not know where I would be getting the silcone/oil infested lint or dirt. My floor is obviously not spotless, but I keep the oil cleaned up. The oil and junk storage is in an adjacent room. I suppose the fans could pick up the the residual oil infested dirt or lint and pull it under the door, but they are pretty well sealed. One thing I have not mentioned, I usually paint on saw horses with a sheet of OSB over them. I tape masking paper at present (I stopped using newspaper) over the entire surface. I lay parts slightly elevated on 1x4's, 2x 4's etc so that I am sure to get the bottom edge painted. I moisten the boards and sometimes the paper before painting. I also blow air over everything, then use a tack cloth. That said, it seems that the pieces I hang from the ceiling do not have as many "cooties" as the ones I lay flat. The two 16 inch exhaust fans are level with the top of the bench, the 8 filters in the doors are in the top half, meaning the air is drawn down onto the parts to be painted, so that whatever is not filtered or is already in there is actually drawn down to the parts to be painted. THAT may be a mistake. Looking at my paint dust as I paint, there is some swirling. So I may be amplifying my problem. I can't change my fan location, but I can redesign the doors. Obviously there is more to a paint booth than filters and fans -- have to think about this for a while. A couple of other things, I sometimes wonder if the tack cloths do more harm than good. I ALWAYS use them. The necessary sticky stuff on them comes off on the metal -- it seems that would attract lint and dirt. I am considering going over everything with some of the "softener" or anti-static cloths that are used in clothes driers. I have heard of auto detailers using them to de-static a freshly washed/waxed car to reduce static electricity and repel dust. You and Rod need to come observe me sometime, then co-author a book on "How NOT to Paint" and get rich.
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