flynavy Posted February 15, 2005 Share Posted February 15, 2005 since im living an apartment with no balicony or patio (damn sunrooms!) does anytone have any good ideas for airbrushing? Best thing i can come up with is a spraybooth but they cost hundreds of $$. Anyone have any good plans to build a simple one? Im not too good at building anything but models (jury is still out on that one too lol) so im not looking for something too complex. let me know your ideas. thanks much! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
phantom Posted February 15, 2005 Share Posted February 15, 2005 What I used to do was set my desk up next to the window, and just open the thing. Nothing fancy. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
flynavy Posted February 15, 2005 Author Share Posted February 15, 2005 lol i can see the overspray now on my white walls..... BUT maybe i can figure out a box type thing with no top, to control oversrpay and like you said, open the window Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Lloyd Posted February 15, 2005 Share Posted February 15, 2005 Get yourself some plywood and make a box. Not too tough. Get yourself a bathroom exhaust fan and mount it on the box. Connect some drier hose to the fan. Make a piece of plywood that you can jam into the window openning. Cut a hole in the plywood to fit the other end of the drier hose and your in buisness. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
TexasBlues Posted February 15, 2005 Share Posted February 15, 2005 i made mine out of an old counter-top... the counter is my table, and an open door is my fan... scrap sheetrock is my blotter... seriously... like loyd said... simple plywood and a bath-fan... or a box fan IN the window... just make sure you have a blotter and dont use the wall... put an air filter over the fan (which is blowing OUT of the house) to kkep down chemical entry into the motor and i think that will be OK for the mean time Quote Link to post Share on other sites
urloony Posted February 15, 2005 Share Posted February 15, 2005 Are you using acrylics or enamels? If you're using acrylics just paint inside a cardboard box near a window. If you're using enamels do the range hood plywood box deal. If you do a search there are plans around here for "range hood spray booths." Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Thomas Posted February 16, 2005 Share Posted February 16, 2005 (edited) Get yourself some plywood and make a box. Not too tough. Get yourself a bathroom exhaust fan and mount it on the box. Connect some drier hose to the fan. Make a piece of plywood that you can jam into the window openning. Cut a hole in the plywood to fit the other end of the drier hose and your in buisness. That´s what I did too. I live in a one room flat and I built my own spray- booth to fit into the place that I have below my kitchen window. When I´m airbrushing I switch on the fan and put the hose out of the window. Works fine. Thomas Edited February 16, 2005 by Thomas Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Vliegenier Posted February 16, 2005 Share Posted February 16, 2005 I made one with a pampers box !!! Big enough for 1/72 ! Bathroom ventilator and a flexible tube .... works perfectly ! Stef Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Collin Posted February 16, 2005 Share Posted February 16, 2005 since im living an apartment with no balicony or patio (damn sunrooms!) does anytone have any good ideas for airbrushing? Best thing i can come up with is a spraybooth but they cost hundreds of $$. Anyone have any good plans to build a simple one? Im not too good at building anything but models (jury is still out on that one too lol) so im not looking for something too complex. let me know your ideas. thanks much! I spray in my basement and use a filtered resperator.... but I have a door that leads to a stairway into my basement and went to Walmart..picked up a large fan and when I spray... I turn it on facing out into the stairwell... works like a champ and keeps it clear of fumes... very surprised not to see the haze anymore when I spray future or other final coat on larger builds. Might be worth looking at one of those big fans for your window for a short term solution...just get the air moving out of your room for starters. Cheers Quote Link to post Share on other sites
flynavy Posted February 16, 2005 Author Share Posted February 16, 2005 thanks for all your ideas! i think im going to try the window fan idea for now since i havent gotten back into modeling ******** yet. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
RedHeadKevin Posted February 16, 2005 Share Posted February 16, 2005 (edited) Here's mine. It's a cheap (35 dollar) Sears range hood for the back wall. The rest of the structure is made from corrugated plastic from a sign company. It's great stuff. It's like corrugated cardboard, only it's a plastic material. It cuts like butter, and is stiff enough for this application. Everything's held together with duct tape and self-sticky Velcro tabs. I can break it down into 3 pieces and store it under my bed in less than a minute. Setup takes 2 minutes. The whole thing cost me about 50 bucks. I just stick the vented top of the range hood out my window for airbrushing. Edited February 16, 2005 by RedHeadKevin Quote Link to post Share on other sites
flynavy Posted February 17, 2005 Author Share Posted February 17, 2005 very nice! i may have to give that design a try Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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