After exhaust filter, Anyone do it?

OJ86

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So I run exhaust filter, but damn the clear still gets through. Does anyone run a set of filters after the fan to help this?

Here is my before the exhaust filter setup.
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Then it exits on the back corner of the garage. Does anyone run a set of filters, like a big box around the shutter?

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Running more exhaust filters would help alot. There's not much surface area in your pic which allows the clear to get through. Typical booth will have a lot more surface area. something along the lines of 12 - 20x25 exhaust filters.
Keep in mind even if you are 100% efficient in trapping the paint solids you are still gonna notice a solvent smell coming out of the exhaust.
 
Add on paint booth exhaust setups have a large plenum box between the fan & a wall of filters. Not sure what all you got there between filters & where the fan actually is, but removing your sampling board area & having filters to the outside of it would be a good start.
 
Do those blue filters go all the way up behind where u sprayed?
That whole area of wall should be if u spray often.
 
Also there are filters of varying filtration efficiency, make sure you have good ones. The Viledon 500 Series that we use captures 98.9%.
 
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Nice looking shop. I like all the lighting. It seems you can never have enough.
 
these do the trick. they do a pretty good job of catching the solids . exhaust stack is 16 ft high .
 

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may i ask how do you get air in ? and how do you keep intake air warm in the winter? is this fan enought to get all overspray out? your spraybooth looks nice, can u tell a bit more about how you built it

I have 2 fans that push filtered air in at the ceiling that is supplied from the back room on my garage. Its sealed off from the booth area. Overall the overspray clears out pretty quickly. You can see in the image the ductwork and the filters. As far as keeping it warm in the winter, well thats always a battle. I have a tube heater on the ceiling and then usually after the overspray clears out ill kick on the wall heater to get the tamp back up.

It aint a perfect setup, but it works. Usually if i were to clear an entire car from end to end, the overspray will be cleared out in about 45 seconds. Like i said, not perfect, but it gets the job done.
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I recently opened the exhaust area back up to the original size when i set the garage up and it seems to work better.
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The garage needs such a deep cleaning with this current project I have going on. Its terrible in there.
 
On that corvette, how do you tape that front door gap so that overspray doesn't get in the jamb?
 
I wouldn't be too jealous of my setup. There are definitely nicer home setups out there!

My place is a complete disaster at the moment.
 
Wow, I'll say. That looks awesome. Yea, that's a really short corvette! :oops:
What color is that, looks brighter than Inferno Orange, maybe that Lambo color? Or a custom candy?
 
On my 71 corvette it's pretty much impossible to access the jamb with the door closed, and the center line comes very close to the fender when the door is open. I trimmed the jambs months ago (doors off) and I've since struggled with that front gap to keep primer out of the jamb. It's time to paint now and I need it right. Need paint on the edges too. I don't think I've had this kind of trouble over the years with something so seemingly simple.
 
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