That body shop in Phoenix had a weird paint booth setup

Stopped by a collision shop near Camelback last week to pick up a bumper. They had the intake filter right next to the exhaust vent. Is that common in older booths or just a hack job?

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pat_harris13d ago

Intake filter right next to the exhaust vent? That's insane, that's just recirculating all the dust and overspray right back into the booth. A proper downdraft or crossdraft setup keeps those on opposite walls for a reason. Makes me wonder if the whole thing was a hack job from the start or if someone just moved stuff around without thinking.

johnson.eva13d ago

Agree with @pat_harris, that sounds like a nightmare waiting to happen.

ray_burns13d ago

Did the guy who installed that even look at it for two seconds? I had a booth years ago with the same exact setup and it was a COMPLETE disaster. The paint would come out looking like sandpaper because it was just sucking in all the crud from the exhaust. Took me forever to figure out why my clear coats kept failing, and then I saw the filter was practically black after one job. Somebody definitely moved things around without a clue, or they bought the cheapest booth they could find and called it good. I ended up having to rip the whole intake duct out and rerun it to the other side of the building just to get it to work right.