This came up on another forum and occasionally it comes up.

Instead of venting out the roof, put a wall vent maybe five feet high for your exhaust fan.

Then where it comes out of the wall where the weather louvers are, put a couple of hooks right at the top of it.

Then get some galvanized sheet metal and make an inclosure, square like heading towards the ground at a angle.

Then get some plywood and a half a dozen furnace filters and make a box so you could set them in it with a couple of inches in between the filters, then exhaust it through them so it blows on top or across your lawn.

Then at night just go out and hang it up on the hooks, I wonder how good a job the furnace filters will do in cutting down the fumes.

Make the metal and wood part separate so you could handle it.

You might be able to get some blankets from a second hand store and cut some square pieces instead of furnace filters, or what would work the best to get rid of the fumes.

I don't have any complaints where I'm at, but I sometimes wonder, anybody got any ideas on this.

Rob

I thought about doing something like this but adding a sometype of water sprayer that should cut the fumes down even more. Have a continous mist and maybe recycle the water with a small pump. But I am long time away from any paint.

Water sprays or filters will do nothing for the "fumes". Those things will indeed catch solids suspended in the exhaust, but will do nothing for "fumes".

What you are really trying to deal with are solvents and nothing, short of burning them, will chance the solvents being in the exhaust.

If you are tryng to make our painting less noticeable to the nieghbors, the paint at night thing seems to be your best bet. Goodluck fighting the bugs however.

bugs knock them selvs out hitting the light bulb then land in the wet paint :mad:

bugs knock them selvs out hitting the light bulb then land in the wet paint :mad:

No Doubt -- I find painting in the middle of the afternoon / heat of the day the best.

Most my neighbors are at work, and NO bug problems - Just use 2 large fans for exhaust.

Of course - I also wear a PAINT respirator with fresh filters, and a paint suit with hood.

I paint during the day when everyone is at work. I lay down a couple of coats and open the doors with my fans going until the garage clears out then do it all over again.

furnace filters are called 'rock catchers' at best... will not work on fumes, or even fine particles... you would need a charcoal filter most likely (like the one on your respirator) or a hepa filter, but this would probably clog very quick... best bet where the neighbours are concerned is to get the air up and out and dissipate it the best you can, try to paint when they are not around if possible and on a day when it is windy ... the more filters you use the more resistance you will have, which means the more CFM you will need to exhaust the internal air...

At work we use fiberglass prefilters to a pleated filter then to a HEPA filter.

Mess with me, and you mess with the whole trailer park!

Thats a good one.:thumbsup: