Does anyone know if "tricks of the trade" as far as what to put or use into a paint booth to cut down on dust and dirt. We spray a lot of small architectural signs and continually fight dirt specs in the finish. We are using the Matthews paint. We scuff the signs down with a scotch brite pad and wipe off with a tack cloth but that doesn't seem to get the job done. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
We do have a enclosed semi down draft booth. We currently tape the signs down to gator foam type board to spray them. Most of the signage we are painting is less than 12" x 12".
Owen @ Acorn Sign Graphics
just enought to keep it wet while youre spraying. wet the booth doors and the floor 20 feet outside the door if you can. i painted for years in a big sign shop in the 70s and we used to wet the whole paint area. the more you can wet the better. let me know if it helps.
Curious as to how often you change the filters and CLEAN the booth. By cleaning I don't mean just the floor... I;m talking walls, ceilings, etc. Wetting the floor as workboots mentioned can help a great deal, but I think you're problem is from the air coming in and out of the booth or dust falling off the ceiling. If there is sanding, cutting, routing, etc taking place anywhere near the booth that can be a problem to. Once you open the door and the exhaust sytem is on you are sucking tons of particulates into the booth. Dust in a pain in the but.....
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Yeah.... A down draft water filtered paint booth.
Really though..... if you're preping correctly and not over coating it you likely just need to cover it. Its dust and the like in the air thats sticking to it.
Mathews will gas off for a good 16-24 hours.....but the first few hours after is your problem.
Assume that you don't have a fully enclosed booth.