Preparation bays and paint mixing rooms

Keep sanding dust and mixing out of the booth. Extracted prep bays and ventilated mixing rooms, designed to work with your spray booth.

Preparation bays with blue curtains and floor extraction grids

Preparation bays

Sanding, masking and priming create dust that should never reach the spray booth. A preparation bay gives that work its own extracted, well-lit space next to the booth, so the booth is used only for paint and the work waiting for it is ready to go.

Our prep bays use filtered ceiling plenums with lighting, side curtains that slide back for access, and downdraft extraction through floor grids on a raised galvanised base with ramps, so no pit is needed.

  • Downdraft extraction, about 15 000 m³/h per bay
  • 300 mm galvanised steel base with ramps and grids, or set over an existing pit
  • Ceiling plenum with filter media and integrated lights
  • Heavy-duty PVC curtains on tracks between bays
  • Single bays or lines of bays with shared extraction
  • Can be converted to a spray booth later by adding walls and doors

Paint mixing rooms

A mixing room keeps paint, thinners and the mixing scheme out of the booth and away from the workshop. We build insulated, ventilated mixing rooms with extraction and lighting suited to solvent vapours, often as an extension of the spray booth so the painter steps straight through.

Preparation bay with raised base, ceiling filters and curtainsOpen preparation bay with overhead filters and side curtains

Prep bays on site

Preparation bays with blue curtains and floor extraction grids
Preparation bay curtain line with lights above

Questions

Do prep bays need a pit?
No. The bay stands on a 300 mm raised base with floor grids and ramps. If you already have a pit, we can use it.
Can I spray primer in a prep bay?
Prep bays are designed for sanding, masking and priming small areas. Topcoats should go into the spray booth, where heating and full enclosure give a clean finish.
Can a prep bay become a spray booth later?
Yes. We have converted prep bays to spray booths by adding walls, doors and heating to the existing base and plenum.

Tell us what you need to paint

Send the size of the items you paint, the space you have and your paint system. We come back with a recommended booth, a layout and a quote.

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