What is a paint mixing room supposed to look like?
Posted: Sat Dec 15, 2018 3:21 pm
Hello,
I have a quick question as it relate to paint mixing rooms.
I was on Google the other day, and found that a lot paint mixing rooms seem to look this one here: https://imgur.com/FGQCJzi - very high-tech and modern looking.
The mixing room at my dad's body shop looked like this (i apologize for the awful picture of the room just behind the Jeep, but its all i have) https://imgur.com/f8wGGtA - a small room in the corner of his shop perpendicular to his booth, with what looks like a vent leading towards the booth (im guessing the air from the mixing room is funneled to the booth?).
I guess my question is this - are simple paint rooms like my dad's common in the auto body business? His body shop is a smaller, family-owned operation, whereas I would guess that a lot of businesses with these fancier rooms operate on a larger scale.
The reason for my concern is that I would sometimes visit his shop growing up a few times a summer from when i was about 6 years old to 17 to wash/wetsand cars outside, and hangout in the office. I wouldn't really go into the mixing room itself, but i would sometimes be in the same building as the mixing room, and i know that when paint is mixing, chemicals are released into the air, so i'm wondering if its likely that the air back there would have been really bad. During working hours he would always have the garages open for ventilation of course (see building on the left https://imgur.com/0CWnVh7).
Can you guys let me know what you think? Thank you!
I have a quick question as it relate to paint mixing rooms.
I was on Google the other day, and found that a lot paint mixing rooms seem to look this one here: https://imgur.com/FGQCJzi - very high-tech and modern looking.
The mixing room at my dad's body shop looked like this (i apologize for the awful picture of the room just behind the Jeep, but its all i have) https://imgur.com/f8wGGtA - a small room in the corner of his shop perpendicular to his booth, with what looks like a vent leading towards the booth (im guessing the air from the mixing room is funneled to the booth?).
I guess my question is this - are simple paint rooms like my dad's common in the auto body business? His body shop is a smaller, family-owned operation, whereas I would guess that a lot of businesses with these fancier rooms operate on a larger scale.
The reason for my concern is that I would sometimes visit his shop growing up a few times a summer from when i was about 6 years old to 17 to wash/wetsand cars outside, and hangout in the office. I wouldn't really go into the mixing room itself, but i would sometimes be in the same building as the mixing room, and i know that when paint is mixing, chemicals are released into the air, so i'm wondering if its likely that the air back there would have been really bad. During working hours he would always have the garages open for ventilation of course (see building on the left https://imgur.com/0CWnVh7).
Can you guys let me know what you think? Thank you!