Reference: Building a homemade spray-painting cabinet

[Jacques Reed]

Well, after a few delays I got back to working on the spray-painting cabinet.

Installed the rear panel today and just have the top to put on.

Note the 4 clips on the centre frame used to hold the filter medium at the sides. A piece of aluminium angle will be attached to the roof in front of the filter to hold it in place.

Cheers,

[Jacques Reed]

Good Day,

I have almost completed the cabinet today. Final test fit and just 25 Tek screws left to fasten the roof to the frames. That's tomorrow's project. Shed's warming up so it's cold beer time.

I added an external angle halfway along the painting compartment. Helps to support the sheet metal and lets me use magnetic hooks there to hang small parts if I choose. Didn't want anything permanent there to encroach on the painting area.

Shown is the angle at the top inside the roof used to secure the filter. Air pressure keeps it in at the bottom as I was told by the filter salesman so no need for anything in front of it on the table.

As shown, an engine cover fits there with room to spare so it is a good size for painting large parts.

A Merry Christmas to all on MLU.

Cheers,

[Jacques Reed]

Good day,

Well, with the festive season well behind us, I finished installing the flexible duct and decided to give it a test run.

The length of the duct allows the fan to be placed another 4 metres outside the door and allows the booth to be oriented to get the best light under the Laserlite roof panels.

Tested the airflow with a lit candle and the flame was only slightly disturbed at all places within the cabinet.

I pulled the bottom of the filter away and there was enough of a pressure difference to snap the filter back into place when I let it go. Just as the filter salesman had told me! My fears of a "wind tunnel" effect were unfounded.

The acid test of course will be when I fire up the spray gun, but not while it is 35C outside and 40C inside the shed.

[Jacques Reed]

Good Day,

Gave the booth its first run. I cheated a little using aerosol etch primer.

I had these NOS step plate brackets that I stripped of old paint and storage rust. It worked well. Usually when I sprayed aerosol etch primer it leaves a pretty strong taste in the throat. The fan took all the fumes away and yes, I should have worn a mask also.

Tomorrow I will put a coat of aerosol metal primer on them then add them to the collection of things to get a final coat of KG3 (via spray gun).

The trolley was an idea I had to make a turntable. Instead of making that, ALDI had these for $13 a couple weeks ago so I grabbed one and it worked well. Makes it easy to rotate parts to any position for spraying.

Cheers,