I've just started my first resin kit. WOW what a lot of dust and stink! My workbench is actually inside my house (thanks to my wife for her understanding!) so I'm keen on finding a venting solution so I don't have dust and stink all throughout the house.

Anyone run into this problem and have any ideas/solutions? Is there a "resin dust exhaust fan"??

Thanks!

Jake

Can't say I've noticed much stink from resin kits, but dust....yes! Don't grind pouring blocks off; use a saw or knife - much less dust but watch your fingers. For sanding, do it wet (waterproof sanding paper known in UK as wet'n'dry) and get rid of the wet dust down the sink.

If you still have problems with dust, try an airbrushing spray booth which should pull in any dust from resin kits, provided you work fairly close up to it (like I've always been meaning to remember to do!).

Chris

I "try" to do most of my sanding, and cutting of pour plugs in my paint booth which hopefully catches most of the dust.

The other suggestion I've heard is to have a larger Tupperware container with a few inches of water in it, and use wet/dry sand paper and whatnot. I've never done that, but it seems like a bit of a pain.

I'm lucky/unlucky enough to do all my modeling in my garage.

Yeah, I have debated pulling out the spray booth. I could probably just replace the filter with a resin specific one and make sure to wipe everything down to remove loose particles after doing the resin work.

The (fairly big) downside though is that you're introducing floating/loose particles into your spray area. Not good.

On a spray booth, or any other sort of exhaust hood, clean air is moving past your subject, through the filter, and then out. Unless you're shaking the filter out in the booth, I don't see a big problem with dust coming out of the filter to attack your model.

I would say for the bigger chunks of resin bits that are cut/ground off, just hit the booth with the flex hose of your house vacuum cleaner.

I was worrying more generally about particles being stirred up and attracted to wet paint. You don't think that's a concern though?

*I* don't think so. Like I said, if you're concerned, hit the booth with a vacuum before you paint.

You can also spray down your painting area with water to dampen the area and dust wont be an issue ... or as much of an issue. "Mist" some water around using your airbrush or even a plastic bottle that you can adjust the spray function. Theres a lot of dust from the injected kits as well, when sanding is needed.

If you decied to use a motor inline for an exhaust hood, make sure its a sealed motor as paint fumes and dust could combine for a explosive result
Jim

Yikes, Jim! How would I even know??

If you can see the rotor, or the wireing of the motor its not sealed, best to check with a motor supplyer and see if the motor is rated for a spray booth. or find an inline fan with the motor on the outside of the fan houseing...

I use an Olfa 'P' cutter or it's Tamiya equivalent, to cut the pour stubs, as this produces 'cheese-strings' of resin, not dust, then wet sand = very little dust.

Key for me is reducing the stuff breathed-in!