Powdercoat my paintbooth walls?

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I'm about to order a new paintbooth.

Powdercoating the walls is an option.

The walls are galvanized steel, 18 gauge, G90, 1.25 ounces per square foot.

Do I do it or not?
 
i never liked just a galvanized booth . my flat white booth seems twice as bright . if powder coated you would have better light . i would want know about cleanup . is it an epoxy coating or urethane . i actually painted in one of the old ceramic coated booths. high dollar stuff in the 60's 70's .

no better time than now to spend the little extra or be sorry you didn't ..... :sorrow:
 
Those Powder booths look great.

I'd be worried about paying 1500-2000 extra and have the overspray adhere to it.

Would it be wiser to keep it galvanized and maintained with the white peelable booth coatings? Surely would be cheaper.

Otherwise I would think you would have to use the clear overspray protection or 3m booth plastic rolls over the powdercoat to keep it looking new.

I know I use a lot of black epoxy and my booth is long over due for a new coat of paint.
 
Okay. I like the idea of better light reflection but if it will
be covered by overspray perhaps it will be a waste of $1700.00
to have it coated.
 
mine came in galvanize. it wasnt long before i epoxied and painted it white. a white booth is night and day but you do need to keep something on the walls to protect it. i use the 3m dirt trap material. its expensive to buy it but it lasts so much longer than anything else i have used so it comes out cheaper. i only change it out every year, year and a half or so.
 
The light reflection is very important to me.

One of my concerns is the powder coat flaking off
galv metal.
 
i dont think you will have a problem with that. only economy booths are gal. any mid and upper lvl booth you see thats white is powder
 
I assume that 1700 includes inside and outside also? That is one thing to consider too. If the outside is powder coated white, it will bright up your work area outside of the booth also.
 
a question about the interior coating - Is gloss or satin the preferred sheen?

I was reading up on lighting yesterday and some of the info I read was that a satin white wall would make things appear brighter due to no bright glare spots.
It also said that the color rendition rating should be 90+ and a color of 6000k or so. That is reported to give the eye the most "natural" lighting and makes things appear to be brighter than a lumen meter would state. I was planning on using gloss white but after reading that article I am not sure which direction to go. What is the opinion of you big dogs?
 
I did mine gloss. If i were you i wouldnt worry about it because in a booth that gets used it wont be gloss for real long. Plus youll have to put something on the walls anyway to protect it. Its sort of splitting hairs and you wont see a difference either way. Just make it white
 
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