PAINT BOOTH CUSTOMIZATION

Customizing a standard design may dramatically increase the effectiveness of your spray booth. Building constraints or vehicle/part/rack requirements may create needs for customization. Many of our paint booths offer standard modifications to meet customers’ needs.

The following items are typical customizations to spray booths: (For more information on your specific needs, contact Sales at 1-800-451-2425 or sales@paint-booths.com)

1) Extra length

• Adding standard panels of 24", 34" or 44" will accomodate longer vehicles, parts or racks, and more access around the item being coated.
• Extra length in side down draft spray booths may require more fans to maintain adequate air flow CFM.

2) Extra height

• Adding to the height of a booth may require more air to be exhausted in order to maintain proper linear air flow performance.
• We often add 1 or 2 feet to automotive sized paint booths to accomodate taller vehicles, parts or part racks.
• Adding more than 2 feet in height will generally require extra structural frames or beams.

3) Extra lights

• Our standard paint booths have adequate lights and light placement for most applications.
• Extra lights may add to the effectiveness of booth for oddly shaped items or for elongated spray booths.
• The standard lights (Class 2, Div II) are required by NFPA-33 to be no less than 36" from any opening in the spray booth (doors, open face, conveyor openings).
• See 'Whitecoat' below

4) Inside-access lights

• Inside-access lights are Class 1, Division II. These lights are used for three main reasons:
• The paint booth will be placed against a wall which limits the access for changing bulbs.
• The paint booth is to be designed with a light less than 36" from a spray booth opening (door, open-face, conveyor cutout).
• The inside-access lights allow changing of bulbs from inside the spray booth.
• Inside-access lights require different mounting so the entire panel has to be designed for this type of light.
• Inside-access lights are significantly more costly than standard lights.
  

5) White powder coat

• We offer paint booths in a smooth, high-gloss, white powder coated finish.
• This finish provides a high-gloss surface inside of the spray booth that reflects the illumination from the lights, providing superior visibility.
• This finish provides comparable rust prevention to the galvanized finish.
• Powder coating creates a more professional and detailed appearance.

6) Bi-fold paint booth doors

• Bi-fold doors are hinged in the middle to make it easier to enter and exit the booth, particulary useful in confined areas.
• Bi-fold doors distribute the weight of the open door closer to the jamb and is the preferred design for doors over 65" wide.

7) Tri-Fold paint booth doors

• Tri-fold doors are a bi-fold door and a single-wide door in place of two single-wide doors which allow easy access to the paint booth.

8) Drive-thru paint booth doors

• Drive-thru doors allow the vehicle, part or part rack to pass through the spray booth. These are typically used in industrial situations for staging of parts.
• Drive-thru doors can affect the efficiency and overall height of the spray booth if the exhaust plenum has to be modified for height requirements of the door.

9) Rear exhaust

• This design allows the fan to be mounted on the back wall of the paint booth instead of the top of the booth.
• This design is most commonly used in low ceiling buildings or when a duct already exists for exhaust out of the building.

10) Air Make-up Unit

• This unit allows air to be supplied to the intake of a spray booth either from the outside of the building (most common) or inside the building.
• The air make-up unit can heat outside air by up to 100 degrees F and also expedites the flash-off and curing process.
• The units are costly but may dramatically increase the efficiency of the spraying and curing process.

11) HEPA Filter

• HEPA filters allow exhausted air to be returned inside the building.
• HEPA filters are specific to powder coating or media blasting operations, and do not apply to solvent-based or water-based spraying operations.
  

EXAMPLES

Figure 1. Standard CF-1000 Cross-flow spray booth with bi-fold doors and rear exhaust

Figure 2. Tri-fold doors and low-profile exhaust plenum

Figure 3. Powder coat paint booth with full-width doors, HEPA filter and added personnel door.

Figure 5. Side-down draft spray booth with air make-up unit (located outside of building)

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