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Adding Add Heat and Brake Capabilities to a Non-Heated Paint Booth
Finding the right spray paint booth for your needs can be a bit tricky. After all, the term can mean anything, from a bare space with a fan to a high-tech booth that offers several features made possible by a complex system. Obviously, you will have to choose depending on the needs and requirements of your business.
If you’ve been reading up on spray paint booths, you may have discovered that they come in at least four types – downdraft, semi-downdraft, side-draft and crossdraft. But if you’re thinking of adding heat and brake capabilities to a non-heated spray paint booth, you need to seriously consider the move, especially its impact on your total costs.
While custom shops may not call for upgrades, you may need one if volume will likely become part of your business model. As you add heat to your paint booth, it’s important to be able to recycle it, saving you thousands of dollars yearly.
The cheaper the spray paint booth, the most expensive it usually is to retrofit. For instance, cross-draft booths cannot have heat provided through its doors. Major alterations will be needed and the costs can be prohibitively high. Similarly, while you can always install a heat recycle in certain configurations of cross-draft booths, it will cost you too much.
Semi-downdraft booths are relatively simpler to retrofit when you want to add heat. Because there’s little metal customization or on-site work to be done, the costs of installation and labor will be low.
Adding heat recycle is going to be difficult and expensive due to the exhaust’s location at the rear of the booth. Definitely, substantial amounts of ductwork will be needed. Side downdraft spray paint booths have ducts that run along the sidewalls, which makes it easy to retrofit with heat. It’s also as easy to add heat recycling because the heater may be connected to the exhaust duct practically anywhere. As to downdraft booths, heat and heat recycling can both be added easily, depending on the layout. Installation and labor costs can be kept to a minimum, considering changes to the cabin will not be required.
In any case, make sure there’s adequate room around the booth where you decide to add heat in the future. Your building should have the appropriate electric load, and you should determine where the power will have to be run so you can see what your costs will be. Also make sure that the fuel that will run the booth can be brought to the heater. Lastly, check whether you will be allowed by your city to add a heater, even if that is not in your immediate plans yet. If you take time to consider all of these details, you can save time and money into the future.