Ventilation for painting car in garage?

[rumpelstiltskin]

Can anyone tell me how to set up ventilation in a garage outside for painting?Air in,fumes out,what do i do?Also where exactly to place the vents heightwise would be handy too,hope someone can help,ta!

[MikeyT]

rumpelstiltskin said:

Can anyone tell me how to set up ventilation in a garage outside for painting?Air in,fumes out,what do i do?Also where exactly to place the vents heightwise would be handy too,hope someone can help,ta!

Have a read of this thread on StangNet in which the guy has painted his own car - it's quite a way into the thread but from what I remember when I read it - he gives some details of what he used ... may be of some use ...

http://forums.stangnet.com/showthread

Edit: how much paint did you get in the end?

Edited by MikeyT on Saturday 4th November 01:25

[ELAN+2]

I'm painting another car in my garage, I've got to rig up the same set up I had before, wich was an 8 foot "shed extension on the front of the garage and at the other end a radiator cooling fan against an air brick (9" x 9" with some foam between. The foam catches the paint particles (neighbours like red washing even less than the smell of thinners!)LOL, this isn't "the way to go" but it worked for me sufficient air is drayn in round the "shed" edges and the fan cleared the spray mist in a few minutes after spraying.

I'm applying the hi build 2K with a roller and brush, the top colour coats will be sprayed, using the above extraction method again.

Mark

[combemarshal]

I'd also recomend fitting vapour proof light fittings, even though it's very unlikely anything will go bang, for the small cost it might be worth it!