Paint shop in the making. Paint boot booth ideas needed, I have 3 914s and a bug in line so far...Calling painters Options

[pete-stevers]

I am revamping an half of an old loafing barn into a body shop for an excuse to love what I do instead of a dreaded job. Anyhow we are taking the stalls out and pouring concrete and adding heat, insultion, lights etc. But the ceiling is somewhat irregular. As a result I will have to custom build my spray booth out of plywood...or? I would like it to be a cross draft booth. The foot print will be 20 buy 30 feet. So far I have 3 914s and a bug that will need to be painted. I am looking for ideas from any one who has built a permanent booth, from air extraction fans, filtration, heat,to doors etc... looking for ideas.

[technicalninja]

I'd do the MB911 route initially.

Then I'd watch for a real stand-alone paint booth from a body shop that went bankrupt.

They have an extremely small buyer pool, and you can buy used ones for pennies on a dollar.

I've seen 3 for sale, all at times I didn't have a place for them. The cheapest was "haul it off for free" and the most expensive was a nice used 25K booth for 5K.


If you only have a few cars to paint befriending a body shop is not a bad idea either.

Sometimes you can "rent" the booth over the weekend...

Lots of good videos on making your own cheapy MB911 style booths.

On materials for a home built. The inner surface needs to be "tile board" Masonite (white).

An animal barn might be challenging. Dust IS you enemy.

I want an in-ground center post lift in my ultimate paint booth...

I've "made friends" with a really good paint shop (I do all of their AC work) and I'd bet I could rent their booth for short periods of time.

Only problem is the owner Wrangler is the best shooter I've ever met, and I'd prefer he lays the paint down anyway...