Paint Fumes for Neighbors

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Wanting to build a paint booth to paint some of my old cars. My concern is my neighbors and future neighbors. I’m kinda in the country but I can see the housing additions coming my way across the corn fields. How and what is used to control the paint fumes for a hobbyist. Think I read something about using a water mist to pull the exhaust thru and carbon filters.
 
Wanting to build a paint booth similar to Shines and a recent post “My Paint Booth”. Not a plastic temp booth.
 
Thank you for the replies. I get along with my neighbors and want to keep it that way. I know they will be difficult if they smell anything thinking it will kill them. And who knows about the new neighbors moving to the area.
 
I live in the middle of nowhere now, but when I lived in the city with close neighbors, I made sure to do minor repairs for them for free, and larger projects for a lower price just to keep the peace. I also tried to paint early in the morning when possible (3-6AM) so if the wind was blowing their way, they wouldn't be bothered. Noise was more of a issue then fumes. Grinders and impact hammers are far more annoying than the occasional paint fumes.
 
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Lizer said:
I live in the country and I just don't care. The fumes aren't even detectable across the street from me.

Whereas, if you go to Iowa, where hogs outnumber people, you will smell a hog confinement from miles away. The farmer don't care either.
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Feed lots, hog confinement, corn wet milling. All have the smell of $$$. I've never had a problem with neighbors, just my wife. She doesn't want her car to smell or have the paint dust on it so I move it to be out of the drift.

John
 
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That’s my paint booth exhaust just under the eave, and that’s the neighbors house 125’ away. No complaints. Rock on.
 
I live in a normal Southern California close house neighborhood and never had a complaint. Sometimes I would turn the hose on with a mister head and point it at the exhaust outlet. When I did that I could literally smell nothing. Of course how often you do something will normally factor in to how understanding your neighbors will be.
 
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