So I bought a new spray booth several months ago. It's sitting beside my bench, still in its box. I have a dilemma of my own making, I tend to over think the heck out of things. First , this is in a work shop, separated from the home by a breezeway. My issue is that I don't really want to drill a 4" hole in the wall to exhaust the booth. I can do it, got all the tools needed including a 4" hole saw. Just don't want too. There is a window fairly nearby, but I have an air conditioner/heat pump unit in the window so that's out. I'm thinking about venting to one of those filtered interior dryer vent units. Saw that one on YouTube. Then I thought about just making my own out of a five gallon bucket. Have any of you done anything like this? Any advice or opinions?
Thanks,
Steve
By the way, moderators feel free to move this if this isn't where it belongs.
For years I vented out the window thru the space next to my window air conditioner unit. Instead if using the accordion panel the unit came with, I installed a plywood panel with a dryer vent flap and hose attached. The flap keeps the critters from "nesting" in the hole
.....Bucket......
I haven't built mine yet. I dug this up from the forum archives......Thanks David Bogard for the bucket instructions :)
https://www.shorttrackmodels.com/index.php?topic=1762.0
Quote from: Brian Conn on February 20, 2026, 08:34:53 PM.....Bucket......
I haven't built mine yet. I dug this up from the forum archives......Thanks David Bogard for the bucket instructions :)
https://www.shorttrackmodels.com/index.php?topic=1762.0
Brian, Thank you for going back and finding that and for posting sharing it. I like the five gallon bucket idea. I'm guessing that water in not used in this particular model?
Quote from: Volzfan59 on February 21, 2026, 08:35:11 AMBrian, Thank you for going back and finding that and for posting sharing it. I like the five gallon bucket idea. I'm guessing that water in not used in this particular model?
Water
is not used on either one of those filters that I posted. If I recall correctly, there was some discussion on how the filters that used water where creating too much back pressure.
Okay, thank you