paint booth fan

[swvega]

Are there any old time auto painters on here? I've been told that if I put a water filter in front of my exhaust fan it'll take the smell of the paint fumes out of the air so you can't smell the paint coming out. Anyone else heard of this?

 

[e-tek]

Are there any old time auto painters on here? I've been told that if I put a water filter in front of my exhaust fan it'll take the smell of the paint fumes out of the air so you can't smell the paint coming out. Anyone else heard of this?

when you saw "water filter", do you mean a charcoal filter?

 

[swvega]

no I mean a filter with water being pumped though it, Also have heard to run the fan outlet over a barrel of water and the smell will be absorbed by the water.

 

[e-tek]

Hmmmm...can't says I've ever heard that or know if it would work. I don't imagine there's any odour-scavenging properties to water, or it'd be used in other odiferous situations.

 

[Uncle Buck]

Never heard of that one. Interesting, let us know if it works.

 

[rubadub]

Heres this, the last guy that posted has a pretty good answer I would say. http://www.hotrodders.com/forum/best-way-mask-paint-fumes-98894.html?highlight=filter+paint+fumes

Rob

http://www.1969supersport.com

 

[Matti]

Water showers/curtains were used in the automotive industry to knock down paint vapor. They were basically walls of water. The problem with paint booths is that the fan is exhausting potentially combustible fumes. If the right mixture exists and there is a source of ignition (like the motor) then there could be trouble. Professional booths have explosion-proof motors.

 

[swvega]

Yes i know that paint booths use explosion proof motors. I've got and old binks paint booth fan and motor for my booth. Just tring to find a way to cut down on the smell. Dont need some neighbor thinking I'am running a met lab.

 

[larry4406]

Is it possible to duct the filtered air discharge from your booth through a vertical metal mesh screen that slowly trickles water down the screen from the top? If you have ever been to an old antique stationary engine show, a lot of the old engines trickled their cooling water on on exposed screen that had air flowing through it, kind of same idea.

 

[akwind]

Having used a water booth (SPRAY BAKE) as a production painter it pulled alot of particles and fumes out, maintenance was hard useing day after day. It was a simple galv. box with a curculating pump. the water pick up tube in the bottom of the box thru the pump into a 2" pvc pipe with some jet nozzles pointing down. As the booth air came thru the water flowing it pushed the paint down onto the water filter enclosed in wire mesh in the bottom of the box. the exhaust fan did collect paint after alot of hours of running which means not 100% was collected. Not knowing your case completly put a filter to collect particles coming thru the water line and your exhaust stack above your garage to mix better with the air or breeze outdoors might help distribute remaining fumes. You might check with your local autobody supplier to see if they could help.