Paint booth ideas?

[3cargarage]

I have some plastidip from DYC that I want to dip one of my vehicles with. Unfortunately it will soon be too cold in Virginia to do the job and I don't want to lose the expensive gallons that I paid for. Any ideas on indoor or outdoor paint booth setups with heat?

I don't want to break my wallet but I would like to have stuff pre-fabbed as much as possible. Portability is a must as a car would generally occupy the space. I would need something durable as well.

Thanks.

 

[cretedog]

I have some plastidip from DYC that I want to dip one of my vehicles with. Unfortunately it will soon be too cold in Virginia to do the job and I don't want to lose the expensive gallons that I paid for. Any ideas on indoor or outdoor paint booth setups with heat?

I don't want to break my wallet but I would like to have stuff pre-fabbed as much as possible. Portability is a must as a car would generally occupy the space. I would need something durable as well.

Thanks.

A friend brought a temporary garage type shelter from Menards and sets it up in his shop as needed to spray in.

https://www.menards.com/main/outdoors/sheds-accessories/carports-portable-garages/shelterlogic-reg-10-x-20-canopy-shelter-enclosure-kit/30775/p-1444441929982-c-5860.htm

Found a ducted fan at a pawn shop rated for hazardous locations/ fumes, built a filter box for the intake, exhausts to the outside of the shop through a man door opening, set up some lights and he was good to go.

If you're going to be doing serious spray painting, be clean and safe and get or make a real paint booth...

 

[ed_]

I also did something similar with a 10x20 canopy from HF for my Jeep Cherokee when I needed to paint part of it. Overall the booth was plenty long enough but the width was a problem because I needed the jeep doors open for spraying the jams.

Door jams probably aren't an issue for plastidip but make sure you have enough space around the vehicle to stand far enough back to properly spray. I'd consider 3' to be about the bare minimum.

It may be helpful to mention what kind of vehicle your plastidipping.

 

[BobnCO]

Inflatables

 

[katsarosm]

Using plastidip in cold conditions is tricky — great that you’re planning ahead. One option: rent or borrow a pop-up canopy, attach a space heater rated for outdoor use, and ventilate well

 

[3cargarage]

Thanks for all of the help. I am assuming that this will need to also be an electric heater. I have LP heaters but worried about a fire. The vehicle is an 04 Forester XT. Small but annoyingly large.

 

[no704]

See if a local paint shop might rent you booth time off hours.