majerus
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Any one have experience with carcoon or any other blow up paint booth. If so anything to look out for ?
Blow up Paint Booth
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LS6 Tommy
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Carcoon is a storage bubble, not a spray booth. Using it as one would at the least would make a BIG mess. At the worst you might asphyxiate...
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Stuart in MN
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Carson does make an inflatable spray booth. http://www.carcoonworkstation.com
SliderJack
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I used a Tractor Supply canopy to paint my truck. I have a small garage and it's finished inside, so I didn't want to mess it up with overspray. So, I found a canopy on craigslist which was basically new. I put thin plastic on the driveway and it worked good. Of course you're limited by the outside temp and wind.
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gahrajmahal
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Outside temp and wind indeed. I painted in a HF portable garage and had gusts up to 40 mph and starting temp of 68 ending at 93 deg. Was a challenge for sure.
txvwnut
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Dammit! Now I gotta have one of these.
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txvwnut
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Till you find out what they cost.
Haha! Yeah right!
txvwnut
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Website says starting at 350 per month. They just don't say how many months. 
Website says starting at 350 per month. They just don't say how many months.
That's what scares me.
I may have missed it, but I didn't find a price on their site.
At least it appears durable.
If it's made anything like a Zodaic inflatable boat it should last a good long time (fingers crossed).
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sberry
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Painting is not such a problem once someone learns how to move air. http://finishingacademy.com/training/aero/aero_mod3/aero_mod3_intro.html
LS6 Tommy
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I stand corrected! I was talking about the Carcoon brand name blow up storage units. I didn't even know Carson existed. I don't even want to know what it costs...
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oldschool59
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Prices start at a little over $10k for a 14' x 10' . A little expensive for home use.
JunkYardDawg
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Indeed. That's way high. you can get a 10x20 car tent, and modify the ends for airflow with fans and such, and you are in business for under $1k.
sberry
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Yes, a tent may work. In some buildings it may be as simple as dividing the room and can do some in a single room. The nice thing about dividing or putting in a tent is you can run heat source in the rest of the building.
I finally slowed my fan which I should have done earlier for heat conservation but use the walk door to tune the booth. I let the air come overhead on the end, from warmest part of building when heated and have wood stove and furnace blazing.
You can see in one pic the fan is running and it has the corners and ends of sheet pulled against the flashing. I had further plans but this kind of hit a level where it worked so well I didn't do anything more to it.
I turn the fan on a minute before I spray to clear any cobwebs, donr filter the air either. Its so clean I rarely even special sweep the floor. It comes in down draft and clears so well a guy can stand up wind.
I finally slowed my fan which I should have done earlier for heat conservation but use the walk door to tune the booth. I let the air come overhead on the end, from warmest part of building when heated and have wood stove and furnace blazing.
You can see in one pic the fan is running and it has the corners and ends of sheet pulled against the flashing. I had further plans but this kind of hit a level where it worked so well I didn't do anything more to it.
I turn the fan on a minute before I spray to clear any cobwebs, donr filter the air either. Its so clean I rarely even special sweep the floor. It comes in down draft and clears so well a guy can stand up wind.
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May have found something cheaper, going to see if they have a model setup for painting. http://www.fastshelter.com/automotiveindustrial/pricingautoind.html
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sberry
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Is any of it worth 2 grand and that's on the low end with no venting.
As I eluded to earlier and gave the link to most of these schemes are a poor substitute for the knowledge of how to set up a room to clear the air. Once this is done most garages could be converted in a few minutes with some plastic and a little duct tape and maybe even a box fan or 2 in some conditions. 200$ vs 2000 plus to start.
This is kind of a poor ? due to the fact as to what is the situation is now. You have a garage, no garage? Don't list location or climate.
As I eluded to earlier and gave the link to most of these schemes are a poor substitute for the knowledge of how to set up a room to clear the air. Once this is done most garages could be converted in a few minutes with some plastic and a little duct tape and maybe even a box fan or 2 in some conditions. 200$ vs 2000 plus to start.
This is kind of a poor ? due to the fact as to what is the situation is now. You have a garage, no garage? Don't list location or climate.
I live around saint louis mo, the weather can vary quite a bit depending on the season. I currently have a 24 x 24' garage however its attached to my house, and is needed for my car to charge (model s), and under no circumstances do I want to get over spray on the car.
The point of buying the portable paintbooth was so I could attempt to learn painting as a hobby and figured something that could be blown up , and taken down pretty easy without having to convert my garage would be nice. I was looking at these is it appeared to have the filtration , air movement guess thats not the case unless you spend 3k.
http://www.fastshelter.com/automotiveindustrial/optionsautoind.html
Bill Bowman
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^^^^^Might give a new meaning to the thread title.