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[Andyagl]

Thinking of building a mobile spray booth. with all the heating and ventilation, plus bits like compressor and spray guns for people to do their own spraying at home. or could hire a person to spray in it too.
Sound like a good business venture?

[E.L.M.O]

How would you build it? Out of a trailer or something? Or like a tent?

[bjarthur69]

id expect out of a 7.5 toner but i dont know to be honest
quite interesting

[E.L.M.O]

Presumable, would be interesting to see

[Peskett]

You can actually by mobile spray booths they blow up like bouncy castles or the other one avalible is like a fancy gasebo with mounts on the top of a van.

[E.L.M.O]

I do like the idea, but cant help think it would be much simpler to have a garage somewhere and a flat bed so you can travel round, pick up the the cars that you will spray then take them back to the garage to do the work on.

[Andyagl]

i was gonna make it out of box trailer. The idea was for people like you and me who like to do things on their cars, or like seeing it come together rather than send it off. Plus the idea was to also hire it to bodyshops as a sort of relief for their spraybooths.
Plus there would be no rent for a garage putting the prices up. once its built, its a spray booth/garage on wheels thats cheap.

[less is more]

Sounds a bit impractical to be honest, its going to take more than a day to prep, prime and spray a car.
have you thought about how your going to power a mobile spray booth, filtration and insurances, while the idea sounds good its going to be too expensive to take off.

1. purchase price of vehicle
2. cost of conversion
3. generator, compressor etc. etc.
4. fuel
5. your wage
6. public liability insurance

plus have you thought about how much you could charge to hire this out, i think this alone would put people off that is if your going to make any money from this venture, good luck though

just a few things for you to think about

Andy

[Andyagl]

Sounds a bit impractical to be honest, its going to take more than a day to prep, prime and spray a car.
have you thought about how your going to power a mobile spray booth, filtration and insurances, while the idea sounds good its going to be too expensive to take off.

1. purchase price of vehicle
2. cost of conversion
3. generator, compressor etc. etc.
4. fuel
5. your wage
6. public liability insurance

plus have you thought about how much you could charge to hire this out, i think this alone would put people off that is if your going to make any money from this venture, good luck though

just a few things for you to think about

Andy

yeah i know building it and stocking it with compressor etc is going to be expensive. but its very expensive get one built in a garage, and then you pay rent and expenses on the garage for as long as your in there. building a mobile one is going to be no more expensive than just one years rent.
Most people can do prep themselves, whats a bit of rubbing down and filling, especially if they have proberly built the car themselves.
And even at the end of it. if the mobile thing doesn't take off, i can park it up somewhere (i have a friend with a farm) and still use it for doing up cars.
And still without paying 10k a year for someone elses mortgage!!

[Shifty]

Its gonna be a bloody big thing!!

Unless you plan on it being a 'slide out' like the yank motorhomes?

[Andyagl]

yeah i was going to make it extenable. width ways anyway. and prob 20ft long. so would easily fit a vw camper in for spraying, if i should have one.
im sure it'll be a project, but im well placed to making it. im a welder, dad is a carpenter.

[Shifty]

Sounds like an interesting project, if you do decide to build it be sure to start a build thread.

[Andyagl]

http://www.ebay.co.u...=item2a149f2c64

just found this on ebay. wish i could afford it.

[Shifty]

Thats brllliant!!

Would love to see some pics of it extended.

What a way to get round planning laws!!!