Starting paint booth

[crazedhick3]

Here are a few pics of the Temporary booth I am attempting to build so I can get my frame painted.  I hung 1 1/4" pvc from the trusses in the garage.  I am able to utilize the Air handler from my heat pump to pressurize the booth.  I plan to hang plastic from the pvc down to the floor and seal it up with mastic tape.  At the other end i plan on exhausting the air through a 14' flex duct out the garage door.  I will post better and more complete pics when i am done.  I just wanted to get some thoughts.  Thanks.

[VileZambonie]

Sounds doable. Are you planning on running the heat or just the blower motor?

[zieg85]

Keep in mind rolled plastic, at least most of them, builds up static charge fairly easily and 1 spark is all it takes to.... well, just be carefull.

[Blazin]

Allot of work for a frame. If worried about over spray I would just hang up some traps to keep it in one area.

[crazedhick3]

It is a whole lot of work, but if you happen to keep up with my project, you will notice I aint in a real hurry.   But here are a few more pics.  Hopefully I will get her coated by Sunday or Monday.

[80stepsideguy]

Looks good man  what brand of paint are you using on the frame?

thanks
pat

[78 Chevyrado]

Good job!

[oldwhity]

That's a pretty slick idea. I take it no sparks

[crazedhick3]

No, no sparks, I hope.  With all the rain this weekend, if i'm able to get spraying tomorrow, I hope to bring up humidity a little by opening the garage windows.  The air handler motor will be isolated from the fumes being that only the supply side is hooked up.

80stepside, I decided to give Eastwoods 2K ceramic a try.  Ill keep you posted on how it turns out.

[crazedhick3]

Alright, its all done and came out great.  The Eastwood 2K ceramic sprayed real nice.  Booth performed good and just as I had planned.  The heat from the heat pump performed better than expected.  I was able to heat the booth to 80 degrees on a 30 degree day.

[Captkaos]

That turned out good.

[69byrd]

That frame looks great! Good job man.

[CruzinHigh]

Cool!  Love the do it yourself job that comes out looking professional with a little (or a lot) of ingenuity like you've demonstrated! 

Keep us posted!

[hotrodpc]

Awesome !!! I want my frame to look good and clean, but I was not expecting or thinking of having it look that good. I think you may have just gave me alot more work to do on my projects. Kinda raised my standards a bit. After all that, will you be driving this vehicle in the rain??? Looks to nice to mess up.

[crazedhick3]

IF I ever get it back together, I dont think it will see alot of rain.   I actually have the frame hung up in the ceiling of the garage now so I can make room for some spring and summer projects I have.  I have a trailer I need to paint and its time to start fixing some of the rust on the 89 Suburban I have.  My plan is to have the rust in the tailgate and in the roof fixed and would like to shoot the it with a hot rod black and get a 4" lift by summer time.  As you can see, Im not in a hurry with the '77, but I plan on at least having the suspension and a rolling chassis by the end of the year.