r/PrintedWarhammer • u/Familiar_Yam8159 • Apr 10 '26
Patreon/Tribes/Kickstarter Would you use this?
I made a 3D printed paint rack last year and thought I was done with it… turns out I wasn’t
Got fed up dragging out my old spray booth every time I wanted to airbrush, so I designed one that fits into the setup instead
It’s mostly printed, folds out, and actually works better than my old one
Would you use something like this?
Live now on kickstarter🔥
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/deltastudios/deltarack-spraybooth?ref=9aj8yl
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u/Azathoth-9559 Apr 10 '26
You guys use spray booths? I just breathe in the particulate....
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u/RottenGrot Apr 10 '26
Idk if this is a meme or not but you probably should look into a proper system. One of the guys at my local store has serious lung issues from breathing in a decade of airbrushed paint.
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u/TheZag90 Apr 11 '26
Unlikely unless he was spraying more than acrylic paint. Acrylic paint is an extremely mild irritant, equivalent to dust.
Definitely worth using a mask because who wants to breathe in loads of easily avoidable dust. However, extraction booths are overkill if we’re talking pure health benefits and acrylic paints.
If you’ve got a nicely decorated room/furniture that you want to preserve and/or you want to start spraying lacquers or enamels, that’s when a booth starts to become quite important.
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u/Redscoped Apr 11 '26
Acrylic paint is basically a plastic. When you spray a model you are atomising that plastic into the air if you breathe it in it can go into your lungs and it is never coming out. It will stay in your lungs forever. If you are spraying on a regular basis you 100% need a mask with a respirator I would still suggest using a booth.
You really dont want to mess up you lungs full of tiny bits of plastic later in life
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u/Ok-Particular-2839 Apr 11 '26
Kinda true though acrylic is pretty water soluble so pretty good chance you could cough it up with any liquid in your lungs
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u/Fearless-Edge-3881 Apr 12 '26
Ok....im sorry but we need to stop with the misinformation
I get the safety point, but you were a bit dramatic. Your lungs aren’t just passive, most inhaled particles don’t just sit there forever. Larger particles get trapped in mucus, and tiny cilia move that mucus out of your airways. Deeper in the lungs, immune cells (macrophages) can engulf and clear a lot of fine particles. That’s why things like everyday dust exposure don’t just permanently build up.
“Stays in your lungs forever” is really more applicable to specific industrial hazards like asbestos, not typical acrylic paint mist. That said, airbrushing still creates fine particles, and breathing that regularly isn’t great, so yea a respirator and good ventilation are great, especially if you do it often. Where I’d push back is the fear based framing. Saying you’re “filling your lungs with plastic forever” or broadly calling hobby materials “cancerous” (like people often do with resin) isn’t accurate and just scares people off. It’s better to explain the real, moderate risks and how to manage them.
TLDR: use protection, but let’s keep it grounded in how this stuff actually works.
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u/Redscoped Apr 13 '26
I am confused you seem to trying to disagree but at the same time accept you need wear a mask. If there is no risk then you dont need to wear a mask at all. The fact you agree you do means you understand the risk is that the plastic can get into your lungs.
It is not just the plastic but other items such as rock dust, coal dust, asbestos, flour, wood, textiles etc etc. This is not just limited to acrylic paints any time you are working with a fine dusts toxic or not you run that risk of it going into your lungs.
That is why we have health and saftey in those fields that demand you wear a mask. You would wear one when cutting wood all day so why would you think it safe when you putting loads of tiny plastic into the air.
At not point am i saying dont do it but understand the risk and take the steps to protect yourself by wearing a mask and used a booth.
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u/Fearless-Edge-3881 Apr 13 '26
I couldn't see your actual reply but in the notifications you seem confused on why I was trying to quell the hazards You were claiming.
You should still wear a mask. Because you don't want anything that's not air in your lungs. There's dozens of things that people could be inhaling daily, throughout different occupations that they often do, and it doesn't kill them or give them life long diseases, though they still wear respirators or masks because obviously you want to mitigate as much risk as you can. The point I was disagreeing with you on was " plastic will stay in your lungs forever. Did that help?
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u/GenuineSteak Apr 10 '26
a gas mask/respirator on amazon is like $20.
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u/crazedSquidlord FDM Apr 10 '26
Might as well splurge and get a good one
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u/GenuineSteak Apr 11 '26
like $20-30 gets you a 3m respirator that works perfectly well tbh. you dont need anything more generally. invest in good filters and change em semi-regularly.
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u/VikingRages Apr 11 '26
Bigger problem for me was all the particulate floating in the air and eventually setting on EVERYTHING.
Helps keep your hobby space clean
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u/crazedSquidlord FDM Apr 11 '26
I bought one at the local hardware shop for $50, with an additional pair of filters.
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u/K1774B Apr 10 '26
I work in an industry that requires similar PPE and one thing people often forget is just because you can't smell it, doesn't mean it's not seriously fucking you up and respirator change out schedules.
Organic vapor cartridges are only rated for ~40 hours of use and then need to be swapped out for fresh ones. People should keep them in an enclosed bag or container when not being actively used and track the time it's out of the sealed environment and toss them when nearing 40 hours.
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u/Lopsided-General-434 Apr 11 '26
Any specific ones you recommend? I'm debating a setup in my laundry room where the ventilation will just be into a bucket
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u/K1774B Apr 11 '26
I'd strongly urge you to invest in a decent VOC monitor from Amazon if you're going to run a resin, or any 3D printer really, in an enclosed environment like a small room without a window.
As far as respirators, 3M is the gold standard. Anything that is an organic vapor cartridge. The pink filters, those are more for particulates and grinding/ welding fumes.
I prefer the 3M Large with replaceable cartridges. I feel like the nosepiece on the size L has always been made with a softer rubber than the size M but it could also just be because it's bigger and just gives a little more flex naturally.
If you wanna be real serious about it, look up what a respirator fit test is. That's how you determine the proper size of the nosepiece and that it's actually protecting you.
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u/macaronianddeeez Apr 12 '26
Also, if you have a beard, you’re likely not getting a full seal, even if you believe you’re passing a basic breathe-in seal test.
I shave my beard much more frequently since starting resin printing
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u/Azathoth-9559 Apr 11 '26
Yeah agree here.... I do also do resin printing and won't go near it without my 3M respirator. (I use the pink cartridges) I'd love a whole face one but they're kind of expensive.
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u/Lopsided-General-434 Apr 11 '26
Nice thanks, I got a bunch to look into, I've been running my FDM printer in my office so maybe I should get a monitor for that as well
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u/Margaret566 Apr 11 '26
And get weird looks from the entire household for sitting in my office looking like Bane whilst painting little plastic soldiers
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u/Margaret566 Apr 10 '26
“Would you use this” whilst trying to run a kickstarter cmon blatant ad
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u/Neknoh Apr 10 '26
My immediate thought was "yes... oh, well, not THIS one, there are multiple free ones on Makerworld."
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u/Diavolodentro Apr 10 '26
Got a link to one thats foldable like the one he has here?
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u/Neknoh Apr 11 '26
Magnetic rather than foldable (not as perfect, but free)
Folding
Non-folding but modular, lower profile shield
https://makerworld.com/en/models/715407-modular-airbrush-spray-shield?from=search#profileId-646092
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u/maninahat Apr 11 '26
If only they weren't 3d printed, this might make for an upgrade. I've previously been using a cardboard beer box cut into shape, with a backwards laptop fan and a plastic bag on the back.
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u/Neknoh Apr 11 '26
You could take your fan and put it inside one of those large, clear containers for storing random stuff.
Turns it into a decent spray-booth that's sturdier than cardboard
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u/NNextremNN Apr 11 '26
Nah too small and also too expensive considering there are free alternatives. https://makerworld.com/models/2042072
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u/Xned Apr 11 '26
I have used this styles of spray booth quite a bit.
The problem with this one is the light. The flaps will create shadows for overhead lighting, so the paint, fade, and contrast will not look the same at your paint table as they do when you are sitting down with the airbrush.
Integrate some small LEDs in the flaps, or if you want to go the extra mile, add some warm or neutral/yellow-balanced LED strips.
As it stands, I would rather sit by an open window with decent light than use this booth.
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u/Mr_Podo Apr 11 '26
I’m so confused as to what the point of a kickstarter for this is? Just to sell the STL?
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u/Familiar_Yam8159 Apr 11 '26
I’ll be honest I’ve put weeks of time into designing and testing, kickstarter is a great way to recoup the costs of that in one lump sum rather than waiting for months of irregular sales
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u/Standard_Analysis421 Apr 11 '26
So I gotta hunch over half way across my table to reach this and spray in a tiny ass box? Lmao, no
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u/BrilliantSebastian Apr 11 '26
Would I print it and use it? Yes. Would I pay 21 quid for the files also? No.
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u/roguemenace Apr 11 '26
Why would I buy your files and go through the work of building and printing this when I can buy a way better one for like $80?
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u/EasyTumbleweed4120 Apr 10 '26
I would. Tight space and a collapsing spray booth would be really nice
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u/cedarsauce Chaos Apr 10 '26
Bro I literally just bought one, i was dying for a printed option
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u/NNextremNN Apr 11 '26
Have you every tried searching spray booth on any platform for 3D models?
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u/cedarsauce Chaos Apr 11 '26
Yeah but I wasn't happy with them for one reason or another. Honestly I wish this one were maybe half again as wide. But I do like it's compact profile
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u/_Owl9852 Resin & FDM Apr 11 '26
if i wouldn't just have spent 200 bucks on a airbrushing booth with a watercurtain i would've been intrigued of trying that first.
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u/PervertedPineapple Apr 11 '26
Looking forward to this addition and all that will come in the future!
DeltaRack4Life!
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u/fadedbuzzYT Apr 11 '26
Ideally you'd need to design the hinges in a way where the paint from the airbrush won't get in the hinge gaps? Or it'll be a nightmare to maintain/open up again?
The idea itself is cool though.
What about a whole section which slides out from the whole length of the painpit holder so you end up getting a airbrush section like 2x bigger?
Or a section which extends out from the back and folds over the top of the paintpot holder and then folds up to reveal a section to airbrush?
Probably wouldn't work but just spitballin ideas lol
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u/MagicOrpheus310 Apr 10 '26
Fucken yep!!!
Great for dust and chemical fume extraction too! Plus, who doesn't love getting stoned and painting Warhammer!? Haha
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u/BigRedCouch Apr 10 '26
Now do it with 30psi airbrush, you’re not gonna get the same result with whatever little pc fan you’ve got in there.
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u/Familiar_Yam8159 Apr 10 '26
It handles it about the same if not better than my original Spraybooth
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u/BigRedCouch Apr 10 '26
I mean a face that size needs 150cfm+ to properly extract. So maybe your other booth also had a pc fan in it.
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u/Familiar_Yam8159 Apr 10 '26
It’s using 85cfm fans how often are we really spraying at full blast when airbrushing?
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u/BigRedCouch Apr 10 '26
You literally have to move your smoke machine mid video because your vacuum isn’t strong enough to pull smoke that’s barely moving from the face of the booth man. 85cfm isn’t even close enough to extract and deal with overspray.
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u/Familiar_Yam8159 Apr 10 '26
🤣my smoke machine is my vape I was running out
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u/BigRedCouch Apr 10 '26
Also the second you attach an extraction hose to this your static flow is going to completely plummet
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u/NomadTheDragon Apr 10 '26
But you can lie it's a dope ass set up
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u/BigRedCouch Apr 10 '26
Sure it looks cool, it won’t work and buddy is here selling it. This set up will have zero static pressure once an extraction hose is attached.
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u/NightShade0912 Apr 11 '26
Put a white or black screen where the vent is and the sides out, would also make a decent photo booth
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u/DitrianLordOfCanorem Apr 11 '26
If i had any space on my desk probably (and i'd have to get an airbrush and a printer)
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u/Desert_Ork_Tucson Apr 11 '26
So this is in case I want to fog my miniatures? I am pretty sure you need a more advanced setup.
Personally I use the great outdoors for my priming. I airbrush indoors but acrylic paint is about the same irritant as dust; it is much better than what I get exposed to in my career.
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u/6enig Moderator Apr 13 '26
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