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Re: Painting fans?

To: "Nils O. Ny" <n.ny@intest.com>
Subject: Re: Painting fans?
From: Trevor Boicey <tboicey@brit.ca>
Date: Fri, 28 Aug 1998 17:08:10 -0400
Nils O. Ny wrote:
> I have never seen a paint booth with a fan pushing air in.
> This would be the wrong way to do it for many reasons.

  It could indeed be the wrong direction, but in the past
a friend of mine tried the fan pointing out and had
a serious problem.

  The problem was that the air comes back in through leaks
and pinholes in the garage wall. Since the leaks are very
small, the velocity of the air coming in is very high.

  It worked out that he had dust line streamers coming in
wherever there was a hole.

  If I used an old furnace fan with a few furnace filters blowing
air out, could I expect to get all the paint out of
the exhaust air?

  I worry about painting all my neighbourhood blue. (including
my own house and other cars!)
-- 
Trevor Boicey, Ottawa, Canada.
tboicey@brit.ca, ICQ #17432933
http://www.brit.ca/~tboicey/

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