Sanding/Painting in garage

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Figured this would be a good place to ask about this...my garage is used for several purposes, including storing a car in there that I don't want to get dirty/dusty. Has anyone ever built up a tent/paint booth kinda thing in their garage for sanding/painting? I'm looking for ideas for this - preferably something I can set up and take down easily.

Is it easier to come up with a dust collection system or something?

Of course moving the car out of the garage is always an idea too but during the winter if/when it snows, thats not an option.
 
tighe does in his basement

i move my garage queen out when sanding if possible. and painting is always done outside of the garage (so far)...
 
Figured this would be a good place to ask about this...my garage is used for several purposes, including storing a car in there that I don't want to get dirty/dusty. Has anyone ever built up a tent/paint booth kinda thing in their garage for sanding/painting? I'm looking for ideas for this - preferably something I can set up and take down easily.

Is it easier to come up with a dust collection system or something?

Of course moving the car out of the garage is always an idea too but during the winter if/when it snows, thats not an option.

Yep, Garage door open. I hang thick plastic from the open door using Aligator clips from Home Depot (they have small Green ones that have rubber coverings).

Takes about 5 mins for setup and take down.


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Not arcades, but I saw a setup someone did for shooting paint where he used ceiling track like in a hospital emergency room to have a quick set-up paint booth. Not sure if he used a ventilator for his "booth" or just a good respirator, or both.

Not a bad idea though to keep dust off while spraying, but it would be quick and easy to break down and get out of the way.
 
I was planning to buy a kit from Zipwall.com. A Zipwall can be used to partition off parts of a room using plastic sheeting and metal legs that extend from the floor to ceiling. I've done this by taping plastic onto a ceiling before and the extendable legs look way easier.

I think Home Depot sells the basic set for $135 or so. They might be a decent investment if you do home improvement projects or paint often.
 
I've had really good luck with this method. I lay out thick paper that you can buy at Home Depot on the floor, I tape the seams and along the floor perimeter with masking tape. I then use 8 foot lengths of small stick lumber to construct a frame with four legs and then tie the top together with four more sticks. I just use sheetrock screw so it's easy to take down. I then cover the ceiling with 2 large plastic disposable sheets of plastic from Home Depot, one going left to right and one sheet going the opposite way. I staple the top and tape the plastic to the paper on the floor. I tape all the seems along the walls and keep one section open for a door, with overlapping plastic. This seems like a lot of work but no dust or paint will make it's way out and I can put it up in 30 minutes from start to finish. After I sand I just vacuum out the booth to prep for paint.
 
Great ideas so far...I kinda like the hospital curtain idea, maybe I could rig up a zippered shower curtain or something with a pvc rod setup. Hmmm...
 
I built a small paint booth for airbrushing model cars and some motorcycle painting using PVC pipe and elbows, thick plastic drop cloth, aluminum AC duct sealing tape, a couple spray booth air filters and a couple exhaust fans. Cost me under a hundred dollars and was easy to setup and take down.

I live in an apartment building and this worked amazingly well setting it up in my car port.

Used a fan on the top of the booth that I put a filter on the intake side of to prevent dust and other debris from entering the booth for a quazi downdraft effect and then two on the back wall for exhausting the fumes with filters on the intake to remove paint particles and some fumes from entering the outside air. Obviously this is probably WAY overkill for doing arcade cabinets but just shows what you can come up with in a pinch.

Using this method I always had very nice results and no one that saw any of my paint work could tell I had done it in my car port. Kept color sanding on the motorcycle parts down to a minimum and really turned out very nice!!
 
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