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Anyone have any experience with the booths from autobody tool mart?
I am about to put up a new 40x40 building on my property to supplement my shop, partly as a garage, partly to house a booth. The bugs out here in the country are just way too bad. At this point I am over spraying color at $500/gallon, spot sanding out bugs then reshooting color, only to cross my fingers when its time to clear... then have to sand and reclear several panels every time due to bugs and poor lighting....
I was planning on doing a homebrew booth with all the headaches that entails, until a friend of mine told me about the autobodytoolmart booths being reasonably priced. But while being an accomplished sprayer, he's in the city with only dreams currently of having his own booth on his own property. He also plans on moving out into the sticks on some acreage soon which is why he was looking at them. But so far at this point he only knows as much as I do, which is the literature on how great their booths are.
I concede that a super nice downdraft setup with an external breathing air supply and heaters would be awesome. However my friend and I both learned years ago when cross drafts were the common booth and a respirator was all you needed. For what we need to do(4-6 jobs a year, without the need to bake for increased cure time), a simple clean room is adequate.
So I am looking at a couple of booths from them.... First is their basic crossflow booth..
http://www.autobodytoolmart.com/crossdraft-value-paint-booth-p-18826.aspx
Second is their "front flow/cross flow"
http://www.autobodytoolmart.com/paint-booth-front-flowcross-flow-p-12556.aspx
At just shy of 6-7 grand, the price point is attractive. My concerns with the first one thats a thousand bucks cheaper is with the angled walls the lighting is going to be weird.
So thats what makes me consider their front flow/cross flow booth because it has vertical side walls where the lights are attached, which I think would mean better lighting.
When it comes down to it though, I just want something that's a seal box that will hold up over time to moderate usage. Anybody have these booths, how well does it hold up a handful of years down the road, assuming it works adequately when set up? My fear is that if immediately after construction the door seals leak horribly, that after a year or two that the booth will distort and when I go to open the drive in doors, the doors will be dragging on the floor and the doors won't seal for anything.
I understand these booths are galvalume finish inside and out.. If structurally they are good according to yall and I get one, I will be painting the inside of the booth a nice white.
Thanks!
I am about to put up a new 40x40 building on my property to supplement my shop, partly as a garage, partly to house a booth. The bugs out here in the country are just way too bad. At this point I am over spraying color at $500/gallon, spot sanding out bugs then reshooting color, only to cross my fingers when its time to clear... then have to sand and reclear several panels every time due to bugs and poor lighting....
I was planning on doing a homebrew booth with all the headaches that entails, until a friend of mine told me about the autobodytoolmart booths being reasonably priced. But while being an accomplished sprayer, he's in the city with only dreams currently of having his own booth on his own property. He also plans on moving out into the sticks on some acreage soon which is why he was looking at them. But so far at this point he only knows as much as I do, which is the literature on how great their booths are.
I concede that a super nice downdraft setup with an external breathing air supply and heaters would be awesome. However my friend and I both learned years ago when cross drafts were the common booth and a respirator was all you needed. For what we need to do(4-6 jobs a year, without the need to bake for increased cure time), a simple clean room is adequate.
So I am looking at a couple of booths from them.... First is their basic crossflow booth..
http://www.autobodytoolmart.com/crossdraft-value-paint-booth-p-18826.aspx
Second is their "front flow/cross flow"
http://www.autobodytoolmart.com/paint-booth-front-flowcross-flow-p-12556.aspx
At just shy of 6-7 grand, the price point is attractive. My concerns with the first one thats a thousand bucks cheaper is with the angled walls the lighting is going to be weird.
So thats what makes me consider their front flow/cross flow booth because it has vertical side walls where the lights are attached, which I think would mean better lighting.
When it comes down to it though, I just want something that's a seal box that will hold up over time to moderate usage. Anybody have these booths, how well does it hold up a handful of years down the road, assuming it works adequately when set up? My fear is that if immediately after construction the door seals leak horribly, that after a year or two that the booth will distort and when I go to open the drive in doors, the doors will be dragging on the floor and the doors won't seal for anything.
I understand these booths are galvalume finish inside and out.. If structurally they are good according to yall and I get one, I will be painting the inside of the booth a nice white.
Thanks!