Supplied Air Mask for Painting?

[Phil Waterman]

Hi Rob & Chris

The blower is mounted on the shady gable of the barn it has 8 inch hole through wall so is drawing outside air. It is now hard piped with smooth 2 inch pipe which increased the flow significantly. Have several sections of the OD flex you see in the pictures so that you can walk around entire shop.

When really spraying there are two 2400 cfm fans blowing out the other end of the shop.

Your point about dragging the hose around is true, but for me it is either drag the hose or not do it.

This all started for me because of steaming up my welding helmet, but I quickly noticed that didn't notice any fumes when welding, so the next time I was painting just took the auto dim unit out and just left the clear shield plate in. Having a blower that really delivers a large volume of air if you are going go the home built approach.

Question for you guys who are more involved with the professional side of painting, my understanding is that canister type filters start loosing their chemical absorption as soon as the sealed filter package is opened. So that for those of us who paint occasionally the filters may not be really working?




Cheers Phil