Paint Booths and Finishing

Paint Booth Lighting: The Angle Shows What Brightness Hides

Lux is the figure to compare, not lamp count or wattage. How the published lamp layout differs between models, and why lamps set at 45 degrees reveal defects.

2026-09-26

ATEX Zones in Paint Booths: What the Two Directives Actually Say

ATEX is two EU directives: one classifies the workplace into zones, the other sets the equipment category for each. What the text says, and when it binds.

Continuous Powder Coating Line: When It Beats a Batch Oven

A batch oven serves varied parts, small batches and frequent colour changes; a continuous line serves a steady flow of similar parts. What tips the choice.

Portable Paint Booth: What Moves and What Stays on Site

A portable booth travels with its panels and fans; floor, power and exhaust route are prepared at each site. What each move redoes, and why floor comes first.

Recirculating Paint Booth: The Site Decides What It Saves

Recirculation runs in bake, not spray, and its value follows bake share, outside air temperature and dust. How to read it before asking for it in a booth.

Conveyor Paint Drying Oven: Speed and Dwell Set the Length

A batch booth is sized from the largest part; a tunnel from conveyor speed and the dwell the coating needs. How dwell becomes length, and what is fixed first.

Water Curtain Paint Booth: It Replaces One Stage, Not Filtration

A water curtain holds exhaust overspray in water instead of a dry filter; intake filtration stays as it is. Where the overspray goes, and when each option fits.

Colour Matching After Modification: Lighting Before the Gun

Higher lighting inside the chamber is a published configuration item for colour-matching work. Why it comes before material choice and where it is fixed.

Downdraft or Side Draft on Large Structures: What Tips It

Two published options in large-structure cabins, chosen against the nature of the work. What distinguishes each one and where the decision is closed.

When to Leave the 6900 Size for a Custom Booth

The line between a stock model and a built-to-order booth is one published figure and three dimensions measured against it. Which one crosses first.

Extraction Direction in a Custom Booth: The Part Decides

Extraction direction is one of four decisions closed before manufacture, set by the part being coated and the nature of the industry rather than by a model.