Paint and Finish Room

[Jefferey Scott]

What material are you using for the ceiling? ... or is there decking above the joists that doesn’t appear in the pictures?

-Tom

Hi Tom,

There is OSB decking above for the loft storage area. Right now there's no plan to close in the joists below, if they start gathering a lot of dust or become a problem, I'll install OSB underneath as well.

Thanks for following!

[Tom Bain]

Jeff — I’m thinking of doing something similar (although probably a tad smaller) in my soon-to-be-built shop, so very interested in the build and how the space works for you. Thanks for sharing.

-Tom

[Tom Bender]

A disadvantage to a pressurized booth is air velocity coming in. It stirs up the air in the booth making it more difficult to direct the overspray into the exit.

[Jefferey Scott]

A disadvantage to a pressurized booth is air velocity coming in. It stirs up the air in the booth making it more difficult to direct the overspray into the exit.

I've adjusted my design to allow for either positive or negative pressure depending upon the material being sprayed and how well it performs under various conditions. I'll have intake and exhaust fans mounted and at the ready. This will take some testing and tweaking to obtain the desired results most likely. It's all new to me, I'm used to hanging plastic in the garage and going at it. This should afford better conditions to paint under, that's my goal at least.

Thanks for your input Tom.

[ChrisA Edwards]

Can't wait to here how it works out in each mode.

[Jefferey Scott]

Can't wait to here how it works out in each mode.

Me too Chris! I have a large computer desk project for a client in January that will need paint applied in the new room. Hopefully it will all work out great. I've still got a few things on the punchlist to get done before it can be used, so that's a prerequisite.

[Russell Yokley]

Thumbs up on the open joists! This will give you unlimited flexibility in hanging items from the ceiling for paint. I keep some small chains with home made C-hooks for hanging or holding material up.

[Jefferey Scott]

Thumbs up on the open joists! This will give you unlimited flexibility in hanging items from the ceiling for paint. I keep some small chains with home made C-hooks for hanging or holding material up.

Good point Russell. I'll definitely be doing some of that.

[Jim Becker]

While you can certainly use hook/eyes for ad-hoc hanging...you could also put in some "solid" bars made with suspended pipe/EMT that would allow you to hang things quite easily for finishing work on items of variable width. Lots of interesting things you can do for work support like that that don't involve the floor.

[Jefferey Scott]

While you can certainly use hook/eyes for ad-hoc hanging...you could also put in some "solid" bars made with suspended pipe/EMT that would allow you to hang things quite easily for finishing work on items of variable width. Lots of interesting things you can do for work support like that that don't involve the floor.

I like that idea too Jim. That would be an easy and cheap idea to implement.

[Jim Becker]

Yea, a simple grid would be inexpensive and be very flexible for hanging "whatever"...within reasonable weight, of course.