Spray Booth Build

[Engineer]

I wonder how long you have been involved with refurbing wheels, as it seems very strange that you can wet spray them faster than powder?

As to insurance and bearing in mind you will also need public liability, as long as everything in your shop is up to insurance company standards, its probably going to be £3-4k............might get it for a lot less, but on the other hand if your shop needs extensive work to bring up to standard it might be quite a bit more.

You will also need to figure in costs of chemical dip tank for stripping, a good sized pro quality blast cleaning set up, ideally with a Hydrovane type compressor to run it, and if you intend to wet spray to a high standard some sort of low bake oven for curing.

On the other hand if you only intend to do a few, there is no real need for any of the above, but progress will be painfully slow, and it will be quite difficult to make any money.

Wheel refurb place close to me charges around £80 a wheel for top class powder, and are extremely busy nearly all of the time.

 

[simmy]

We dont do any powder coating yet which i have clearly stated, but from speaking to others who have, i have been told although the application of powder coating is faster, the whole process from start to finish takes longer than wet spraying. The prepping of wheels takes the same amount of time for both, as it nearly the same.

£3-4k seems a little steep, i have been told a lot less but i guess i will have to get some quotes and take it from there.

We already have all the equipment required, stripping, shot blasting, oven etc. we get through approx 3 sets a day, and thats all we can cope with,hence the need to have a more professional setup.

I wonder how long you have been involved with refurbing wheels, as it seems very strange that you can wet spray them faster than powder?

As to insurance and bearing in mind you will also need public liability, as long as everything in your shop is up to insurance company standards, its probably going to be £3-4k............might get it for a lot less, but on the other hand if your shop needs extensive work to bring up to standard it might be quite a bit more.

You will also need to figure in costs of chemical dip tank for stripping, a good sized pro quality blast cleaning set up, ideally with a Hydrovane type compressor to run it, and if you intend to wet spray to a high standard some sort of low bake oven for curing.

On the other hand if you only intend to do a few, there is no real need for any of the above, but progress will be painfully slow, and it will be quite difficult to make any money.

Wheel refurb place close to me charges around £80 a wheel for top class powder, and are extremely busy nearly all of the time.

 

[Engineer]

Very few pro wheel refurb places wet spray, and if you intend to make much money out of this work, a powder coating line will make much more sense in the long run, but obviously isnt an option if money is tight.

Good luck with the insurance, as its pretty difficult to find it for reasonable money now, especially for anything that involves hazardous chemicals as well as paint spraying. Worth shopping around though, as you might find a good deal somewhere.

Equipment wise make enquiries and find out whether or not what you have is up to insurance company requirements, as this type of thing can be a real hassle, and if something doesnt fit the bill, its better to put whatever it is out of the way, until after the insurance people have had a look round.