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I want to see if We can put up a temporary painting booth to paint a car or truck , clean up the stall paint the car, buff it out and then tear it down , and store it away until the next paint job.

I want to be able to do the body work and priming , then clean the stall put up the paint booth, maybe with lighting and a couple of box fans to filter and circulate the air. I do have box fans a couple of huge blue tarps, the compressor, water knockouts, filters and pressure regulators HVLP guns,and an air supplied breathing respirator with a long enough hose to set the pump in clean air. I have a stall (34' by 12' and 12' tall wall) with a 12'x12' drive in roll-up door in my insulated metal shop building that I use for such work.

I know that there some really good ideas and setups around the country and the planet and I hope some of you paint & body gurus will share some of your ideas with us here.

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Thanks!

I painted my 1981 Vette in my garage. I hung plastic sheeting, used halogen lights, freshair breathing system. I used a large fan to blow fresh air into the garage, my thinkng was that it would not be safe to exhaust the paint fumes.
The The Autobody Shop forum is a great source of info.

Gary

Mr Mack. You are on the right track. When doing a temporary booth pos pressure seems to be the best. You will be pushing the fumes and dust out instead of trying to exhaust the fumes and sucking dust through every little crack there is. Go to your local jobber and get some good intake filters. Cleanliness is the key. One step alot of guys miss is to repaper before you put your top coats on after your prime. Good Luck.

Facing the same need, I installed a frame to my ceiling, out of 1x2, approx. 13' wide and 22' long. I permanently installed plastic sheeting to inclose the two sides and lap around the front to meet with a filter unit I constructed out of the HD filters that extend from the ceiling to the floor, 9', 4' wide. The filters fold up when not in use and stay on the ceiling. I attached the bottom of the plastic sheeting to a length of PVC pipe, the length of the "booth", and rigged up a "patio blind" type roll-up system on both sides. I can quickly lower one or both sides, depending on the need. I built a masonite panel to fit under my o/h door and use an old window type ventilating fan to exhaust fumes. (so far my neighbors haven't compained!) Also, had to build another masonite panel to close the upper section of the o/h door which opens up when the door is raised enough for the fan. The "lap around" ends attach to the upper framework and the filter unit with velcro.
Believe it or not, my "red-neck" paint booth works pretty well! The amount of air that is moved is not tremendous, but adaquate. Any more would require additional filter area as the suction would tend to pull in the plastic sides. I've used it several times and am reasonably happy with it. The best part is that it takes me about 10 minutes to set up or break down and I have nothing to fold up and store in my already overloaded shop.