Identifying A Good Automotive Spray Booth

By Deborah Davis


The quality of any painting job that is done on your car can be determined even before the car is painted. An automotive spray booth that your car will be painted in will be of great influence to the finished job. There are several reasons for using a painting booth within a car body shop. Any cubicle for painting a car should have certain qualities that will ensure that you get the best paint job for your car.

There are various standards that are set for painting booths that should be met by any body shop that does spray painting. Environmental standards are set to ensure that the body shops do not emit a lot of fumes that will, in turn, harm the environment. Some body shops tend to go around these regulations to make more profits. The following are important reasons for using painting booths that cut across all body shops.

Although any automobile body shop will always have dust, a good painting booth should have less dust. The technicians should make sure that the dust is wiped off from the surface of cars, and proper coating of paint is used to reduce the accumulation of dust. For prevention of dust from a cubicle the following can be done; ensure that only authorized personnel access the cubicle, the cubicle is under appropriate pressure, it is constantly clean, and no debris inside and the doors are sealed, and the floor is concrete.

The quality of the cubicle lighting needs to be better than that of the outside. For workers to work efficiency and finesse, the lighting needs be good. The painting of any car ought to be free from any flaws. The painters should manage to stop the flaws and correct them before the car leaves the booth. Any missed areas should be visible for the painters to paint them.

A good painting cubicle should prevent over-spray effectively. Installed Downdraft system will help in the prevention of the over-spray that may cause wastage of paint which is very costly to body shops. The system will pull paint away from the unwanted areas, in any case, the painters unintentionally over-spray. Cubicles that are properly ventilated will save on cost of painting because it saves paint

A good booth should manage to reduce the toxic fumes that are emitted from paints. Although most body shops try to use paints that emit fewer fumes that might affect the environment, it is difficult to eliminate the fumes. So it is good to have painting cubicles that are well designed to reduce and contain the harmful fumes. The ventilation on the cubicle should direct the poisonous fumes away from the workers, people around and even away from the neighboring buildings.

The cubicle should be safe. The workers of the body shop should be safe from any harm. The type of tools that are provided for use inside the painting cubicle should standard, and the safety equipment should be working efficiently. The protective gear that the workers use while painting should be effective and help prevent any injuries or harm that the workers might face while doing their work.

Working within the regulations is a good way of building your reputation. For anyone who wants a paint job for their cars, it is recommended to go complying body shops that guarantee good outcomes. Most of the body shops that cut corners always break the municipality rules and regulations. Do not go for shops without painting cubicle.




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