Airbrushing --- Part 2

[kgg]

This is a followup to my topic "Airbrushing" for dying leather with a short video of my setup at the end of this long post. The video was done setup on my deep-freezer just for ease. 

Airbrushing has a natural pocket emptying progression just like sewing machines. Get a Airbrush and a Compressor it'll be easy but what about where to actually do the airbrushing??? The great outdoors when it's + 30 C or - 30 C or the comfort of your leather room, basement, etc. That leads to dealing with any unwanted fumes contaminating the area or dealing with possible over-spray landing on other projects / tools / leather.

My solution was to build a fairly inexpensive spray booth and indoor filtration system for indoor use. I didn't want to cut a hole through the side of the house and deal with spray staining the siding or poke a hose out a window particularly in the winter.    

To that end I decided to use:

1) A clear 102 litre  (27 US gallons) plastic tote for a couple of reasons.

i) Lighting: Allows room light inside the tote

ii) Interior Surface: All totes are not equal the one I choose has a real slippery surface and even a permanent maker will not mark it unlike other clear or colored totes.

iii) Size: 102 litre (27 US gallons) 

iv) Price: $20 CAD

2) Exhausting:

i) The interior lighting via a 12v DC LED at a 45 degree angle.

ii) The interior of the tote by using two 140mm 12v DC computer fans that suck at 1.8m/s each (measured with air gauge), are almost silent and will empty the interior air space of the tote in 1.7 seconds with 1.8m/s at the exhaust vent of the bucket. 

iii) I connected two 5" x 8' flexible ducts to the fans.

iv) Price: $40 CAD as the LED and fans were left over parts from other projects.

3) Filtration:

i)  one 5 US gallon bucket and cover.

ii) Window Air Conditioner fabric, HEPA filter,

iii) Price: $12 CAD

4) Power:

i) 120v AC - 12 DC, 150 w Power Supply

ii) 120v AC Power Bar to supply spray booth fans, light and airbrush compressor

iii) Price: $35 CAD

5) Miscellaneous items

i)  3mm nut /bolts / washers

ii) 3D printed housings for Fans, Duct Connections to Fan Housings, 5 gallon Filtration Bucket, Power Supply, Airbrush Holder, Rotating Platter Support and LED supports

iii) The Rotating Platter was a 5 gallon bucket lid with a 1/4" bolt and some cardboard

iv) Price: $20 CAD

Total Cost: $127 CAD 

Now you got to remember that I am an cheap old geezer and depending on what you have kicking around your costs / results may vary.

All comments appreciated but be gentle as I am not comfortable with video's.

kgg

 

 

[DieselTech]

Nice work. Great setup. Yeah I made the mistake of air brushing a couple projects in the house. Fiebings pro dye bout gassed me out. 

[fredk]

I recently discovered these semi-circular LED light units on TEMU, I bought one at £7 but the price is variable up to about £12

I thought they'd be good for photo lighting or spray booth lighting

[dikman]

Very neat setup. Lots of 3D printing (as usual with any project you do ) which gives you an advantage over the rest of us mere mortals when making custom fittings. The clear box is a good idea, I might pinch the idea for when I'm powdercoating small items - my cardboard box booth has fallen apart.