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How to Build a Paint Booth

homemade boothFor around $200 in materials, anyone with some basic construction skills can create a paint booth. Isn’t that scary? There are hundreds of sites and discussion boards online giving tips on how to build a homemade paint booth, and no two are the same. When looking into building your own homemade paint booth, just whom are you getting advice from? Do they know anything about the proper flow, safety, and design of a paint booth or are they just really crafty?

There are really only two methods: one too common & one correct.

All too common:

DIYer heads to their local big-box store to buy supplies (plywood, 2x4s, nails, any type of light fixtures, two HVAC fans, HVAC filters and some vinyl sheet for ductwork.)  DIYer cleans out a corner in the shop or garage and builds a booth. No worries about airflow, adequate filtration, egress or other such nonsense.  It may require a couple of attempts to get this part of the project just right.  Once complete, DIYer brags to their buddies about how inexpensive this project really was.  Once painting starts, DIYer leaves a door cracked for ventilation, leaving a high potential for an explosion or a fire. Overspray coats the item (due to poor air flow), the items around the booth (due to poor containment) and the items outside the shop (due to poor filtration).  DIYer dials 911 when the paint-soaked plywood ignites.

 

Correctly Install a Paint BoothSDD WHITE INSIDE

Price comparisons often keep hobbyists from exploring other options and considerations. It is possible to buy a pre-engineered spray booth manufactured in a high-quality shop and based on a proven design.  The booth comes with detailed installation, operation and maintenance manuals as well as experienced professionals available to answer any concerns.  Contractors come on-site to complete the booth’s electrical, fire and ducting systems to ensure the highest safety.  Once a permit-of-occupancy is obtained from your local permitting authorities, you can enjoy the quality and productivity that your new spray booth provides for many years. [Plus, you can get extra work from the first guy after his fire.]

4 thoughts on “How to Build a Paint Booth”

  1. Paint Booths find application in industry verticals such as Pump manufacturers, Machinery Manufacturers Etc

    1. Bobby,

      We follow OSHA and NFPA-33 requirements for a safe spray booth.

      OSHA 1926.66(b)(1)
      “Construction.” Spray booths shall be substantially constructed of steel, securely and rigidly supported, or of concrete or masonry except that aluminum or other substantial noncombustible material may be used for intermittent or low volume spraying. Spray booths shall be designed to sweep air currents toward the exhaust outlet.

      There are too many times combustible materials catch fire and with plywood, it catches fire very quickly. We just want users to be as safe as they can when operating a paint booth.

  2. To Bobby’s point. If you are using a flammable paint then you need to abide by NFPA 13 also. You don’t get to pick and choose which rules you follow. NFPA 33 is only applicable to combustible paint used in an industrial or commercial use. This article is for a paint DIY booth not building OSHA compliant buildings or booths. NFPA 13 is for fire sprinklers which need to be installed into any paint booth that falls under NFPA 33 (Commercial, industrial)

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