When Chris Soule lost his job as an automotive refinish painter during the recession in 2009, he took it as an opportunity to turn his residential and commercial painting side gig into a full-fledged business. Now with a new GFS Enclosed Finishing Paint Booth, Clean Cut Painting continues to increase in quality as their business grows.
Zach Kenney recently took his woodworking business to the next level with the purchase of a new Global Finishing Solutions (GFS) General Purpose Paint Booth.
With in-house services including plasma cutting, bending, welding and blasting, Poseidon Barge recently also brought painting services to their Berne, Indiana, location. The addition of a new 60-foot Large Equipment Paint Booth has allowed the company to open another revenue stream, as well as better control product quality and cost.
For facilities or operations that generate dust, the risk of an explosion is a lot higher than you might think. Assessing the risk — and implementing additional safeguards, as needed — is not only necessary to ensure the protection of your workers and facility, it is now required by code.
In June 2014, Maxville Truck and Repair started up their new 18-by-16-by-50-foot drive-thru crossdraft Heavy-Duty Truck Paint Booth for the first time. With sandblasting and painting services in-house, there is not much they cannot do. Since the addition of their truck paint booth, they have noticed the ability to rapidly turn trucks over.
Whether you are looking to purchase a new paint booth or have a current booth without an air replacement system, it is important to understand how the air that is exhausted from your paint booth is or will be replaced.
