Still alive and kicking ...

[Aussie D25]

Hi All long time no post, sorry Roller Derby hit Australia and I got sucked right in, but now my knees are stuffed its back to restoration

Car is stripped and ready for paint prep...its freezing right now so just getting things ready for the warmer months.

Here's what I have been up to.

I'll be posting more vids as I go.

[Desotodav]

Good job on the painting booth Mick. Are you planning on adding an extractor fan and filters? I suppose that you could save a few dollars by the time you spray 3 vehicles! The old girl looks like she's begging for a new paint job now.

I'll be down in Grafton (Trenayr) in a fortnight. Let me know if you need anything from up this way picked up and dropped off down there.

Desotodav

[Aussie D25]

Yeah I'll be putting two large filter panels ( mesh frame with some kind of filter wool/fiber) at one end and and another at the other end where the main roller door is. The one I'm putting at the roller door will have a large drum extraction fan sitting on the other side of it sucking the air outwards.

I made mention in my vid that I didn't want to spray with a cross wind, what I meant by this was that with the main roller door open and the side entrance door open there is a cross wind that would almost blow the car out of the shed, so only the roller door will be opened so that the extraction fan can do its work.

I picked up 10 x 3' fluorescent light boxes at $15 a pop off eBay right around the corner from my in laws (I killed mothers day and picking the lights up with the same stone)

So yeah back on topic, yes ventilation will go in. The Wife and ministeress of finance is a nurse so everything is safety first otherwise I don't get the application passed

As for needing anything from up north, I'll be right for the moment but I'll let ya know if anything comes up. Dad lives at Junction Hill so the offer is quite convenient

Edited June 11, 2012 by Aussie D25

[Joe Flanagan]

Nice work. I really could have used a booth like that when I painted my Plymouth.

I've never heard anyone say that it was freezing in Australia. Does that mean you can't wear shorts and flip flops?

[Aussie D25]

the past 12 months has been nothing but crap weather for the eastern half of Oz, If its not flooding up north then its fires down south... Earthquakes accross the ditch in NZ.

Around Sydney we have recently beaten a 50 year record for the most amount of rain in 24 hrs ... Its so wet I think my House is slowly making its way down the street off the boat ramp and out to sea.

We were cheated out of a summer with about a week of fine weather not to be confused with Hot weather which on the Gold Coast can be comparable with ummm ... Death Valley! and that's before 9am

Its like London, wet , bleak and rather cold right now... great weather for respraying a car

[Plymouthy Adams]

damp heavy air is good for spraying..dust is gone, bugs are at a minimum flying about, the heavy air helps the top coat lay down and usually you are not sweating in the booth..the list goes on..lacquers..well not so much as they like to blush in humid climes..so if wet but right temp..spray that puppy..

the whole earth seems to be having some disruptive weather patterns..we got rain for the first time in a couple months..yes were were getting parched..we usually are dry like this in summer but on the average our springs are filled with scattered showers...

[1940_dodge]

Looks really promising, are you going to use negative air pressure or positive to get the fumes and particles out?

[Andydodge]

Mike & Dave.......what with both of you having family in Grafton and Junction Hill we should try & coordinate a meeting here.........Andyd in Sth Grafton

[Aussie D25]

Looks really promising, are you going to use negative air pressure or positive to get the fumes and particles out?

Well my PC case is set up for Positive air pressure for dispersing heat but I find that it sucks in a lot of dust ... I would assume that a spraybooth set up like this would also run the risk of pushing dust inside the booth and may end up blowing a cross wind accross the car.

I am going to try my hand at a negative air pressure set up and see how I go.