Spray Booth Box from Staples is Wicked Good!

I use vinyl to airbrush the color on the whistles and needed a better spray booth to control overspray and odor in the shop. I usually spray everything in the big barn using a dust collector, but it is too cold out there in the winter and I ran out of some colors in the Low D.

After considering several solutions, I decided to use a large poly container with a locking top bought from Staples supply of empty containers. The box measures about 2'x3' and is large enough to put a large whistle inside and have plenty of room to spray.

I screwed the box to the wall next to the back door in the shop and placed a small floor attachment from the shop vac on the bottom right side. I put a regular coat hook in the back to hang the airbrush on when not in use and stretched a sock over the floor attachment to act as a filter. I have a large collection of stretchy socks with small holes that Nadiene saved in a bag to use as buffing rags, so I sacrifice one every time I spray.

All that remained was to hook up the shop vacuum for an air supply and spray! The setup works like a charm and there is no odor or over spray. When I get done spraying, I just snap the cover on the box and everything looks very nice and tidy because it appears to be a nice clean box screwed to the wall!

Another plus feature I had not thought of is vinyl doesn't stick to poly. When the vinyl gets a good film on the inside of the box, you can just vacuum the over spray right off the sides and the box is back to looking like brand new.

This setup would work for spraying all kinds of small items and craft projects and costs less than $20. to put together as long as you have a vacuum on hand.