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I want to start by stating that I am DIY hack and hobbyist!!
Back story
Things started in winter of 2016 after buying 1979 Z28 which was freshly painted and a good-looking car, plan was to throw in a 386 I had sitting on the motor stand and a T56 that had been sitting under the bench for quite a while. This car was to be a weekend driver that to this day is not complete LOL, soon after I started, I started finding all the years of BS fix's that has led to a very deep rabbit Hole. Winter 2017 purchased 2000 Z28 site unseen as parts car, ls goodies and interior (current car being painted) after forking up the $800 for car and bring it home wife and I decided car was too nice to cut up. Rabbit hole again $20,000 later she's a real corner carver LOL. Problem being I couldn't find anyone willing to do all overs as collision work pays way better and faster leaving me no real choice but learn to do it myself, I've been a car guy all my life and the only thing I've really never done was spray my own cars.
Here's where we start, in my mind if you're going to paint then you're going to need a proper place to do so. Googling led me to a new world of auto body paint forums, but not this wonderful site yet. On another site I started following I guy you all know here as 68 coronet R/T who had a great thread on DIY paint booths, so many of my ideas came straight from him (thank you 68 you also led me here). Buying a booth used or new would have been cheaper but wouldn't my fit space, I put together a plan in my head and started a lumber list to get things going. My shop is a 50x50 metal building with 16' ceiling, I've built a second-floor storage area over my motor room which has 8' ceilings and I wanted to maintain this height so lost floor space would become storage above booth area. I had an unfortunate I-phone crash and lost a ton of pictures of the Constuction phase of booth but will try to add in what I can find. Here's couple from March 2018 with framing complete and lights installed
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car pictured is an 80 Z28 hard top yet to start build but maybe turbo LS project down the road!
next is photo of filter wall construction
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door in photo leads to second floor staircase, one of those things that couldn't be moved so had to be incorporated into design of booth area. From back wall of shop is a 10' area which includes staircase and storage area leading from motor room to booth now and has entry/exit for booth
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also, in above photo you can supply hose for fresh air hood an on/off switch for exhaust fan. Speaking of exhaust fan, I have a Cook explosion proof fan which is 30" six blade that is rated @ 8,900 cfm to 6.700 cfm depending on shib adjustment on motor (I have it set at 50% right now). Motor starts using 120-volt magnetic contacts switch which also controls 120volt motorized damper
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more later on-air system, hope I'm not boring everyone here.
 
Very nice! Did you happen to install a vacuum or pressure gauge at the blower to monitor the filter bank? I've been running ideas through my head about the area I have.
 
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Hmmm going to have to think on this one, panel painting maybe?


Hehehe....:)

Seriously though, awesome job. Love the exhaust system. What was used to cover the inside walls? If it was drywall, what type of paint did you use to finish it off?

Also, what are the inside dimensions of the booth, height, width, length?
 
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So, on to compressed air system. In order to supply good clean air, I replace my 25-year-old single stage unit with a new dual stage Quincy and do over for shop air piping. I'm in the piping business so this came easy to me, ordered 200' each 1" and 3/4" schedule 40 black pipe, lots of fittings and went to work with the old 300 ridgid threading machine. Piping goes from compressor which is located under staircase storage room to high point in shop overhead ceiling, then every main line from this point is sloped away 1/8" per foot to furthest points with blow down drops all outlets come out of top at least 6" before turning down to any supply point. I also installed Quincy auto drain 50' out heading to booth air supply drop, going to knock on wood here but I've had really good luck with dry air for living in what I call south GA swamp lands.
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Very nice! Did you happen to install a vacuum or pressure gauge at the blower to monitor the filter bank? I've been running ideas through my head about the area I have.
I have not, it would be easy to do and the next time I demo a large air handler I might pop the gages out from the filter rack area, right now I have a little more flow than I need with clean exhaust filters. I can tell you this I can't see any over spray in the air while spraying but I'm old and half blind LOL
 
Hehehe....:)

Seriously though, awesome job. Love the exhaust system. What was used to cover the inside walls? If it was drywall, what type of paint did you use to finish it off?

Also, what are the inside dimensions of the booth, height, width, length?
booth is 30x15x8 and walls are sheetrock green board with Kikzs white primer
 
I enjoy my tunes while working so I made sure add speaker enclosers with proper 10gage wiring before sheetrock was installed. Ceiling mount speakers with 8" woofers, 3" mids and 1" tweeters are installed centered in booth ceiling
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I keep good selection of cds to play and 6-disc player to keep tunes going without all the bs ads on radio

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Love your T-Bird and I have a 59 myself!

You should do a build thread on that bumper cover holder?
Looks like a lot of good idea's in that!
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