Saying goodbye to an old friend

[AllenM]

In our desire to switch to waterborne paints, we had to make a decision of whether to upgrade our existing booth or to upgrade to a new booth.
Since we bought our currant one over used over 15 years ago we decided it was time to get a new one.

Over the next 3 weeks our old booth will be coming down and a new Garmat booth will be setup that is designed to work with waterborne paint right out of the box.

Goodbye old friend you have served us well

 

[Colt556]

If it could only talk! You definitely got your moneys worth out of it. You still have the booth near the break room right?

 

[AllenM]

yes I do, so that will help us keep running over the next 3 weeks.
Someone from Minnesota has bought my old booth and will be coming down next week to take it down and haul it back with them. So it will still be used again.

 

[halfmileharry]

I'll bet the gun guys are happy to see a new booth. I always loved shooting in a new clean booth. Heck with the w/sand & buff. LOL!
Congrats on the booth btw. Keeping up with the times is a must.
I sprayed a buddy's car yesterday morning in my barn. Dust wasn't bad but the lighting sucks. I wish I'd used a well lit booth. Old eyes need good light.

 

[AllenM]

I'll bet the gun guys are happy to see a new booth. I always loved shooting in a new clean booth. Heck with the w/sand & buff. LOL!
Congrats on the booth btw. Keeping up with the times is a must.
I sprayed a buddy's car yesterday morning in my barn. Dust wasn't bad but the lighting sucks. I wish I'd used a well lit booth. Old eyes need good light.

Funny and yes my painters and banker are happy about the upgrade and me too.

 

[AllenM]

Some of the progress toward the new booth

After booth has been removed and working on putting a pit in the floor so the new booth won't be on a "basement" to be down draft.

New booth arrived about noon Thursday and here is what they put up in the afternoon

 

[Clay]

very nice! so what difference is there between a booth for waterborne paints?? That one "looks" like every other down draft booth Ive ever used. (which is a grand total of 2)

 

[AllenM]

very nice! so what difference is there between a booth for waterborne paints?? That one "looks" like every other down draft booth Ive ever used. (which is a grand total of 2)

Waterborne requires more air flow, other than that this is the same as any other downdraft the only difference will be that it will have air flow capacity already built in. Plus it will be more efficient all around
If I was to upgrade my old booth I would have had to add air jets or additional fans. Since the old one was 30 years old we opted to go new and this is 3 feet longer and a little wider.

Also now I will finally have an enclosed paint mixing room.

 

[manygunsmike]

Very nice!

manygunsmike

 

[AllenM]

Progressing slowly but it is looking nice.
Partially lit up

Mixing room in the back corner

 

[chizzle]

Congrats. It's nice to see some GOOD news once in a while!

 

[92LX]

What is the difference between the water borne paint and what you were using previously? Oil based? Difference in quality?

 

[Clay]

lol its our favorite uncle!!!!!!! you know, UNCLE SAM!

ie federal mandate via the EPA.

 

[AllenM]

Well this has certainly been an exercise in patience. this started over a month ago and the booth is still not being used. Frustrating, but I am close. waiting on a final inspection from the local Fire Marshall. I gave up on posting progress photos since the progress was really slow.

Anyway Clay pretty much nailed it on the waterborne it is slowly becoming a federal mandate.
But on the practical side coverage is supposed to be better using less material and faster. Also our paint rep says it has better color matches or more vibrant like some of the newer colors out there.
We'll see.

 

[lyons0425]

Of the cars that I have seen that were painted with water based paint, it looks good. Definitely has some pop. This is definitely a necro-post, haven't been on here in a long time.