Paint and Varnish Room

I have always had a separate room for doing the varnish and paint on canoes, so I had to build a new one since moving. I wanted it to be large enough to be able to paint and varnish any size canoe, even some of the very large freighter canoes. 

So a room was built in the building right beside my main shop. It size was built around some of the buildings internal structures. The shop is 60ft by 40 ft so the paint and varnish room would be 30ft long by 12 ft wide, more than enough room for paint and varnish work. Double doors were put in to have a opening of 5ft.

 When finished it will be fully insulated and heated. As long as it is well insulated it wont be difficult to keep the room at 55 to 65 degrees. Paint and varnish needs a minimum of 50 degrees to dry. All of the varnish is brushed on, but for applying the  paint I prefer to spray it on.

HVLP Spray gun and overhead hose reel

You can never have enough light when painting and varnishing, so even though there is a centre track light and 3 double spot lights I may still add some more.

With such a air tight and enclosed room ventilation would be a concern. I had tried a box fan to draw it out when the door was propped  open, but it wasn't that effective. So a proper exhaust fan was installed in the back wall.

exhaust fan

Filter

After it was installed I made a frame to attach to the wall to hold a basic 16x16 furnace filter to filter out the paint over spray. Other wise the fan and blades get lightly coated over time with paint.

It took a bit of time to get it done and there is still some insulation to finish, but its a great room to do the finishing in!

paddles seats and parts varnished

1926 Old town freshly painted