Subject: Re: Article about my new Spraybooth
From: "Submissions for ARC" <[email-masked]>
To: "Per Olufsen" <[email-masked]>
Date: Sat, 7 Nov 2009 07:53:08 -0800

Hi,
I just wanted to let you know your article went on ARC today.  Thanks again for sending it in.

Steve Bamford
Aircraft Resource Center
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  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Per Olufsen 
  To: [email-masked] 
  Sent: Monday, October 26, 2009 4:03 AM
  Subject: Article about my new Spraybooth

  Hello.....

  Here are an article about making my brand new spray booth - below is the article text.....

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  At last - my new spraybooth is finally finished .. The booth is built from a standard (sub) HTH kitchen cupboard - (see view below) - with an extractor fan in the ceiling. The extractor fan is disassembled and only the engine and the filter is screwed into the ceiling - it's all encapsulated and the dashboard is pulled forward on the front plate. On the one button (left) I turn off my light - on the second one I turn on/off the extractor fan engine - and it has position 1, 2 and 3 .. I had got a second hand extractor fan - and I was lucky and got a very quiet model - it is worth to check up on it before you start building your spraybooth..However - I would recomend evrybody else to get a brand new one. 

  Due to the 6 halogen lamps, each 50 watts - I get a very nice (dry)heat in the box - and after 10 minutes I get a temperature of approx. 40-45 degrees inside - perfect for dry items after completion of painting ... The spray booth is designed such that it could easily fit a cupboard door - so the whole cupboard could be closed ... I have chosen NOT to install a cupboard door because it would annoy me in painting process - when I could only open the closet door max. 90 degrees .... 

  The absorbency is fine and I only use the position 1 when using my airbrush - there is a very good suction due to negative pressure in the back of the box - because the box constrution .. I sealed the box below and the top of the " lightplate " with seeling - so there is only suction at the bottom of the box. 

  Overall, this spray box cost me around. 350 Dkr ( £30 ) to produce .... I got the cabinet and extractor fan for free (second hand) - the 6 halogens was the most expensive - as they should be tiltable to 45 degrees - and costing £20 for 6 pieces .. I've used halogens without transformers - which I am told would be the best to use .... 

  In addition, the two brackets in front of the box costs £1 a´ piece - the exhaust hose (same as using a dryer), I had already - but would typically have cost £4 - for 4 meters .... The rest has gone to screws, wire, - and a few other things .. PLEASE NOTE - these prices are converted to Pounds Sterling from Danish Kroners - the items are proberly much more cheep to get in the UK. However its only to show its posible to build/make/buy a cheep spraybooth that is functional..

  I have figured out that I have spent approx. 24-25 hours of effective working on putting this spray booth together...It is a good starting point making it out of a kitchen cupboard - since it you already finished 1/3 of the work - rather than have to put a whole new box together ... 

  Hope this post is an inspiration to some of you .. Comments, good and bad are always welcome ... Enjoy :-)

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  Here you can find the pictures to go with the articles.... Hope you can use them.... :-)

  http://www.digiphoto.dk/sprojtekasse.jpg

  http://www.digiphoto.dk/sprojtekasse1.jpg

  http://www.digiphoto.dk/sprojtekasse_uk.jpg

  Regards

  Per Olufsen, Denmark

  www.digiphoto.dk
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