New shop set up! (paint booth)

[Rokcrln]

It feels so good to empty out your shop/garage and do a good cleaning and up grades. This week end I cleaned out over half my shop so I could get started on my temp. paint booth. My shop was built back in 1915 +- and was the carriage house for fixing buggy's and model A's back in the day. Now it is my 25'x45' fab shop and soon to be two story for fab work up stairs and vehical work down stairs. But for now it is all in one so I find my self always changing things around to better suit my needs at the time. I have a few customer build right now that will be needing paint work not to mention all of my own projects that need way more than paint.

What I did was removed all the old electrical that was mounted to the ceiling joists and then installed 1/2" plywood to a 16'x24' area in the center of the shop that will be the paint booth. I then primmed it and painted on two coats of a gloss white paint before hanging the 18 4' lights. I still need to build the side wall that will be perminent and close off my storage area from the main part of the shop. This wall will also house the intake air filters. I will have an exhaust fan in the far corner of the ceiling that will go out a roof window that is their. The other walls will be 10mil plastic that will be sealed off to the ceiling and floor. It should work out fairly well and also help keep the rest of the shop cleaner than it has been. Here are a few pics that I wanted to share. Keep in mind everything that is in the shop now is temporary untill the roof comes off for the second floor steel beams and new work area above. I welcome all thoughts and ideas!

Kevin
LFD Inc.