Retrofitting spraybooth

[moh]

Hi there!

I have a Laguna glaze booth that I'm looking to add a speed adjustable electrical motor to use as an electric banding wheel while glazing.

Somehow it needs to survive contact with water/glaze or be entirely isolated from it.

Anyone have experience with building something like this? Thanks

[Bill Kielb]

I use a regular banding wheel often when I spray, most often cover it prior with cardboard or often with a small plastic bag  over just the head and then set a piece of cardboard. It’s never motorized though, I need to hand spin it for control while hand spraying. I use my medium height banding wheel often. Whatever your final cover is it needs to be absorbent with minimal puddling and stiff enough to resist the air from the sprayer. When I am lazy I’ll just take a low height banding wheel and  neatly cover and tuck in newspaper. All result in hand control (which I need)  and minimal cleanup at the end of the day.

With this setup I hand spray with regular HVLP spray gun (glaze), touch up gun (glaze) and even airbrush (underglaze) 

Edited May 8 by Bill Kielb

[Rae Reich]

Think about mounting the motor outside of the booth to avoid these issues. 

[JohnnyK]

Thinking along Rae's line, a setup where you have a motor like that from a microwave turntable, and some jury-rigged pulleys and a belt, may work just fine, and could be done on the cheap. It's something I've thought about in the past and this thread has gotten me to thinking again. I've made banding wheels from thrift store ceiling fans and the motor can be got from a discarded microwave oven. It's something to consider if you are mechanically inclined.

[moh]

Thanks for the input everyone! I ended up installing a shimpo table top wheel under the glaze booth.