<VV> Venting Paintwork

[Frank DuVal]

Yes to brushless motors (non-sparking motors).
Just scrap the idea of the shop vac, as most vacuum cleaners are brush 
motors. See the archives for sucking gasoline with vacuums stories! ggg

Frank DuVal

Smitty Smith wrote:

>Smitty Says:  Go for it JIm.  Use any old box fan or other fan that doesn't use brushes in the motor to draw the fumes and dust out a window or up a chimney.  In your case a small squirrel cage fan would do fine.  This is absolutely safe unless you do one of two things.  Do not operate the fan switch or plug/unplug the power in the presence of the fumes.  This may necessitate running an extension cord to the outside where you can plug/unplug power to the fan in a safe area.
>Very few 110 volt fans use brush type motors nowdays so you should have no trouble finding one for the job.
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>I have built a small box (24"X24"X24") to paint small items in
>my garage 
>(hoping to keep the overspray from going everywhere).  
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