Manhandling a driver door into a small paint shop is easy; manhandling 4 doors, a hood, fenders, and a grille into a paint booth requires more space (still not hard), but fitting a 16' long truck into the same booth can be a sizeable task. Throwing a 19'x10' airtight structure together in a couple days requires that most of the work already be done for you.
Enter the Barn, Circa 1900. This building has an extended threshing floor for extra space, and solid 2.5" thick floors on Hemlock Beams. Bracing, Posts, and Swing Beams make for perfect backing components; just build the booth indoors. I began with a full bundle of assorted wood left over from church production props (Adventure to Bethlehem no less)
In Brief, the structure used a rib-like design that can later be collapsed and stored in pieces so i can use it again. It has a peaked roof, Garage style flip front door, and proper ventilation. The floor is sealed with large layered lumber tarps, and the walls are medium (about 8mil) vapour barrier. the man door is sealed by leaving a flange of vapour barrier around the perimeter that is trapped when it closes. a rear evacuation system uses an auxiliary fan from a 1990 Ford Taurus, sucking through 3 furnace filters (medium duty) the intake vents at the front are up higher than the rear exhaust, this causes the vapours and overspray to be sucked downwards.
Update from Early September. I left the vapour barrier until i needed it, this way it was dust free.
Sneak peek
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