[KensRedZed]

It's too cold to paint outside in the winter in Canada. Painting with rattle cans indoors is an overspray nightmare.

After failing a few times. I finally came up with a system that uses both gravity and rapid air evacuation to reduce fumes and overspray.

I was inspired to buy a large wardrobe box from U-Haul and installed two 6" inch vents on the back. Then threw the box into the basement shower. My wife was not impressed at first.

Flexible hoses take the fumes to a plywood board that was cut to perfectly fit the window.

   

Hanging lights on both side help to see what's happening with the paint.

   
   

The vents didn't fit beside each other, so they were installed offset.

   

The plywood plate and hoses are removed from the window and sit beside the shower when the paint booth is not in use.

   
   

A 24" inch fan from the 70's sits outside the window to rapidly evacuate the fumes. A small piece of cardboard seals it to the wall. It moves a lot of air.

   

You can barely detect any fumes while painting. The overspray cloud stays in the box, and flows down to the floor. You can't smell anything outside the washroom door with it wide open. Perfect.

My wife is no longer looking for blood. Peace in the valley.  Mission accomplished.

Thank you very kindly for looking.
Ken

[BAracer]

How could your wife not have been impressed with that! Having to brush her teeth at the neighbours house isn't a big hardship.

[StuBeeDoo]

Very impressive, Ken!  I could do with some of your ingenuity and determination.  I keep thinking about getting a small spray box, so that I'm no longer limited to spraying on warm, dry, days in my garage.

Having said that, my to-do list of spray jobs is almost into single figures now so hopefully I'll be able to get them all done in the coming year.

[KensRedZed]

How could your wife not have been impressed with that! Having to brush her teeth at the neighbours house isn't a big hardship.

Lol! 

Yep. She's a keeper.

[KensRedZed]

Thank you for your kind words, Stuart.

[JasonB]

I didn't realise igloos had basements.  

Nice work though.

[KensRedZed]

Thank you kindly, Jason.

We also have MacDonald's igloos. And a Walmart igloo too. Right near the Shell Gas igloo. 

[KensRedZed]

It has once again become a pleasure to paint in the freezing winter months. In snow. Late at night. Or, the wee hours of the morning.

Here's a 1/25 1967 Ford Comet Cyclone GT in Tamiya light metallic blue.

   

[BAracer]

Very nice...

[KensRedZed]

A friend by the name of Chris B asked me to show him how I paint. So I painted two bodies while he watched. Explaining what I was doing along the way.

He came back a week later with 3-bodies and 3-cans of paint. I did nothing but give a little advice along the way. It's safe to say he's on his way to making some eye candy.

   
   

A 1/25 GTO. This was a little harder to paint. But he persevered.

   

The paint booth is nice to have. I've invited my friends to drop in and use it. My wife didn't even get mad.