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One way to turn your garage into a temporary paint booth is to get huge plastic dropclothes from you local hardware store or home improvement store. They are cheap and effective for protecting your tool boxes, "toys"(Atv's, bicycles, Motorcycles, etc.) from overspray. | One way to turn your garage into a temporary paint booth is to get huge plastic dropclothes from you local hardware store or home improvement store. They are cheap and effective for protecting your tool boxes, "toys"(Atv's, bicycles, Motorcycles, etc.) from overspray. | ||
Open up your garage door about 1/8 to a 1/4 way up, this will help with ventilation, since solvents sink. Place a fan near the opening, facing outside, to help even more with airflow. Opening any side doors and roof vents helps lots too, Place another fan around here. (old box fans work best) Box fans can be found cheaply at second-hand stores. | Open up your garage door about 1/8 to a 1/4 way up, this will help with ventilation, since solvents sink. Place a fan near the opening, facing outside, to help even more with airflow. Opening any side doors and roof vents helps lots too, Place another fan around here. (old box fans work best) Box fans can be found cheaply at second-hand stores. | ||
| − | Something that will help keep dust and bugs from coming into your garage is to buy a furnace filter the same size as the window | + | |
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| + | Something that will help keep dust and bugs from coming into your garage is to buy a furnace filter the same size as the window | ||
(or build a frame for the filters to go over your door)that you have open, this will collect the dirt and bugs that want to invade what you are doing. | (or build a frame for the filters to go over your door)that you have open, this will collect the dirt and bugs that want to invade what you are doing. | ||
If there are strict rules in your area, something that will help is to place a filter before your fan so that it filters the air as it is leaving your shop. | If there are strict rules in your area, something that will help is to place a filter before your fan so that it filters the air as it is leaving your shop. | ||
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