Another way for a portable spray booth

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Herman
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Another way for a portable spray booth

Post by Herman » Thu Aug 27, 2026 6:27 am

For some years I switched over from nitro to waterborne laquer. Because nitro is flammable and unhealthy.
My experience is that the waterborne stuff works quite well, but tougher to spray, it adheres a tad lesser, on darkwood it has a blueish hue in it and repairs are more visable.
So I wanted to go back to nitro. But I spay in the garage, so for that a functional booth was desired.
This is what I bought:
1. A spray tent of about 6 x 6. for 30 bucks.

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2. It has an opening on the back and for the airflow I bought a spark free ventilator (180 bucks)
It works so good that a mask is hardly needed.
And when ready spraying the ventilator goes under the bench and the tent goes folded in a small bag.
I'm happy.

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Re: Another way for a portable spray booth

Post by NeilG495 » Wed Sep 09, 2026 5:26 pm

Only just saw this Herman, that’s a great idea, if I can find a similar booth here in the UK I’ll be using it. Many thanks again.

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Re: Another way for a portable spray booth

Post by Herman » Thu Sep 10, 2026 12:34 pm

Sure Neil. Sorry about the Brexit, otherwise you could easily get the same stuff. ;)

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