Badger Paint Booth is a Bad Product

Don't do it!

Charging anything for returning a defective and unsafe item could get the vendor into big trouble. Contact Badger directly and tell tham what happened, with both the paint booth and the vendor.

Don't take no for an answer. If they have any desire to retain their customer base they will refund your money and throw the vendor out of their distribution schedule.

Make sure that you have everything ready such as receipt (I know it was a gift, perhaps the well meaning person who gave it to you kept the receipt), exact problem(s), etc.

If you still receive no justice try your local ADA in charge of merchandise problems.

Whatever you do please keep RMS up to date. I am about to buy or build a spray booth and the Badger was one that I considered. Oh, and contact Paul Boyer at Fine Scale Modeler. Tell him of your experience. Sometimes he can help.

Good luck and happy new year,

Tom

I just posted a review of my recent spray booth acquisition FWIW over at

I have been considering building my own spray booth. We all have the skills and probably the tools needed to build one of these things. It can't be too difficult to make one; a box, a powerful fan, a light, some dryer duct, and a filtration system. I bet we could all make our own for under $75. Does anyone have experience with this, or even better, some good step by step instructions?

Davlo

I had an article in the April/May 2004 issue of Ships in Scale on building a homemade spray booth. I used a furnace filter and a muffin fan. I know SIS is not a common modeling magazine, but if you can find a copy, take a look at my article.

Don

Just remember to use a "squirrel cage" fan. That way the fan motor is not in the flow of the volatile paint fumes.

Thanks. Where might one find a back issue of this magazine?

"Davlo" wrote in news:wmTBd.6677$Tf5.603@lakeread03:

Try these:

Ships in Scale does sell back issues. Try

So something that costs about $200 and tips over backwards when you put it together is no problem? Having to use tape to install the clear window, no switch to turn it off and on, no means of holding the 10 cent furnace filter in place isn't a problem? You have much lower expectations of what $200 buys then I do. Not to mention the safety issues, the effectivness of the cheesey filter, and the flimsy construction.

Don't hold back now. Tell us how you really feel

:-)

I built a spray booth and to solve the fume ignition problem i used a bilge blower. They're 12 volt fans used to clear gas fumes from recreational boat bilges. They're built explosion proof and really move air. Aren't too expensive either. Over 200cfm for 20$. I used an old computer power supply to to power the fan. WRF

"Nooooooo! Stop me before I build again."

The suction of the exhaust fan holds the filter in place...