Next Season's Workshops Dream

[Mr. Slick]

For next season, December '06 - April '07, I would really like to add a paint booth type station at my workshops.

This year I am doing 15 normal workshops, 3 special workshops, and one class through the community education system. www.skypoint.com/~kalsowwp/2006pwdws.html

I am looking for something that can be "stored" in th back of the pickup along with the other equipment and carried into the building and easily set up each week. I am thinking of a 2 ft x 2 ft x 2 ft space with 4 of these on a 4 ft x 4ft table top. I am thinking of having folding walls with replaceable clear 3 to 4 mil plastic for the top and front flaps.

I am wondering about the types of paints. . . and the method of applying it. I think an ultimate system would be to have an airbrush for each booth with a selection of a few primary colors.

I am looking for lots of advice, preferably good, in regards to air brush painting and tool selection. :-)

With the air brushes could I use a shop-vac to pull the air through the system?

Should I vent from the top or the bottom?

How about a drying booth with a couple of IR lamps?

[builderjim]

For multiple brush air supply:
www.getpainted.com/MANIFOLDPAGE.html

For Paint Booths:
www.interlog.com/~ask/scale/tips/booth.htm
www.briansmodelcars.com/tutorials/tutorial.asp?TutorialID=23&CurPage=1

For Waterbased Paint to use that is less toxic or "SMELLY": www.autoaircolors.com/
Cleanup is a breeze with a little windex and/or soap and water. They can be heat set and dry to touch in 10 minutes or less. Clear coat: spray can poly by minwax or duplicolor clear goes well over these paints.

You will need to design some kind of paint stand to be able to rotate and tilt the car to be able to get good coverage of paint.

Airbrushes: A good single action bottle feed should be good enough to do single color designs.

If you need anything else just let me know.

Jim