As Anakin Skywalker says in The Phantom Menace, “it’s working! It’s working!” The garage spray booth got a test today and it operated pretty well. I’ve run it with both the fan standing inside the garage pulling clean air in and outside blowing it in, and it’s works either way - good if the weather isn’t being friendly. The positive pressure works - as evidenced by the ballooning of the plastic:
I cut a panel out the garage door for the exhaust, welded some captive nuts inside, and a brushed aluminium plate can be bolted onto the outside when not is use. Filter clearly works:
Sprayed some hinges and the toolbox lids in basecoat. Plus a bit on the extremities in the engine bay. More painting to come over the next week or two, hopefully before it gets too cold.
On the downside, my compressor is on the sickly side, and I decided it’s time to replace. Tomorrow I should have a new 100L 4hp silent oil-free compressor arriving that will make things better in various ways - noise, no oil in the air, faster refilling. Plus, once I’ve cleaned it out, I intend to adapt the old one’s 100L tank as a secondary air receiver, giving me 200L of air capacity. Should be enough! I’ll set up separate lines for air tools and painting.