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Tools USA now offers financing on a paint booth, frame machine or multi item purchases! To take advantage of our new program, please call 800-451-2425.
To be approved for the financing, qualified customers must meet the following criteria: 1. located in EST zone, 2. acceptable credit, 3. agree to ACH monthly drafts, 4. minimum of 40% down payment, and 5. must finance $3000 which would require an order of $5000.
Financing rates will be between 10-14% with 24, 36, and 48 month lease options with a $1 buy-out.
In response to new materials, processes and requirements, Standard Tools & Equipment is constantly working on new products including: spray booths, frame machines, dust collectors, and all types of accessories. We are a lean, direct supplier with the ability to respond quickly to new demands and we always welcome any type of input from our product users.
At Standard Tools & Equipment our business is based on fulfilling the needs of our customers. Our customers work hands-on in the world of collision repair, painting, powder coating, and other industries. They are some of the most creative and knowledgeable people in their fields. Everyday they experience new materials, processes, and challenges.
If you are in need of a special product or have any suggestions, please contact our sales or engineering staff. Standard Tools & Equipment greatly appreciates your input and we look forward to exceeding your expectations.
Standard Tools & Equipment
800.451.2425
Many finishers are selecting waterborne paints due to increasingly stringent
EPA regulations which limit VOC emissions. These finishes are complex coatings that paint companies have been developing for years. Major paint companies have technical staff that can provide the specific details about their products.
Standard Tools & Equipment has worked with many paint manufacturers and researched numerous industry publications to develop the following strategy:
- Contact your paint supplier for current and specific spraying and curing information.
- Make sure that your spray booth provides adequate, clean air and filtration.
- For spraying a complete vehicle:
- Start spraying the vehicle on the end nearest the exhaust plenum (for cross-flow booths)
- Spray the entire vehicle
- Allow three minutes of fan operation in order to exhaust residual overspray in the air
- Place AquaDri unit(s) inside the booth in a position that will allow them to disturb the air on the area last coated on the vehicle. The areas initially coated will have already started the flash-off process and will be curing while the painting process is completed.
- Remove the AquaDri units from the booth and repeat the coating/AquaDri process as required
- For spot-spraying, use an AquaDri unit to provide air disturbance to the area just coated. The curing process of waterborne paint creates a layer of
high humidity/low airflow right above the coated surface. The AquaDri unit disrupts this shell of air, which provides fresh air to the surface and greatly expedites the flash-off and curing process.
Waterborne paint should be allowed to harden prior to final assembly or reworking (grinding or sanding). The hardening of waterborne paint requires 24-hours or very expensive ultrasonic equipment that is rarely useful to most painters. The solution provided above will meet the requirements for most shops and most waterborne paint materials.
AD-500
AquaDri
• Six – 2” directional spouts
• Size 12” x 12” x 84”, 88” tall on stand
• 1300 linear feet per minute of air flow at each spout
• 110V, .27A, UL and cUL recognized Dayton fan
• Intake air filtered with 2” thick, easy-to-replace filter
• Stand allows vertical or horizontal use at 3 heights
• Stand included
• Ultra-quiet operation
• Powder coated
• Made in the USA
For more information on the AquaDri unit
Contact Kelly Goudy at
Standard Tools & Equipment
kellyg@standardtool.com
336.697.7717 | 800.451.2425
A recent posting by the National Fire Protection Agency (NFPA) stated that the 2006 Combustible Dust Hazard Safety publication reported 281 major dust explosions with a total of 119 deaths and 718 injuries from 1980 to 2003. These incidents were due to the combustion of accumulated dust, unsafe dust mixtures, and other similar causes. Following this report there have been at least two explosions involving casualties. One explosion occurred at the Imperial Sugar refinery in Port Wentworth, Georgia, and another at a plastic molding plant in Kinston, North Carolina. To help prevent such industrial disasters, the NFPA is currently revising their combustible dust safety standards including NFPA-654 and NFPA-664. The United States Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) requires that combustibility information on all dusts encountered in a workplace be accessible to employees.
It is the employer’s responsibility to determine and apply the best methods to ensure safety in the workplace. These methods should include informing employees of the different types of dust materials present and how they are controlled. Standard Tools & Equipment provides products to aid in the management of powder coating, sanding/prepping, and woodworking. Our spray booths can be used for collecting sanding/prepping wastes and powder coat overspray. We also manufacture cyclone dust collectors that can be used to control dust, chips, and shavings created in woodworking operations. The cyclone dust collectors are best suited for small-to-medium shops, or for a limited number of machines in a larger shop. Using small collectors in a large shop reduces noise and energy consumption, as well as allowing more flexibility in shop layout.
For more information regarding combustible dust and workplace requirements contact OSHA.
Please contact Standard Tools & Equipment Co. at 1-800-451-2425 for pricing or product information.
Today there is an increased awareness of protecting our environment from hazardous emissions and waste. Everyone is ‘Going Green’ to reduce these environmental pollutants. All types of companies are expected to address this matter, including firms operating spray booths. Spray booth operations can reduce waste in one of two manners: a dramatic overhaul of the entire process or incremental improvements.
Dramatic overhauls are expensive because they typically require intensive planning and resources. By focusing on the materials and equipment companies also bypass an opportunity to improve their employees and business processes. Production is almost always impacted during a change of this type and often afterwards. Even with an overhaul companies should not assume that all wastes will be eliminated.
Incremental improvements can be made in a manner that does not upset the production of a shop. These improvements can be started immediately and scheduled with available resources, government incentives, and production requirements taken into account. This is the process recommended by the Tools USA specialists.
Example of an Incremental Plan:
- Benchmark current operations: material types and volumes used, liquid and solid hazardous waste recorded, gaseous emissions calculated, hazardous operations noted, and level of operator knowledge
- Identify materials used to eliminate the most hazardous; many paint and solvent manufacturers now offer low-VOC options
- Evaluate solid and liquid waste by identifying waste source, retraining employees, mixing precise materials for jobs, and eliminating storage of excess material
- Understand gaseous wastes and new filter options
- Evaluate storage and spray guns
These steps require only a small investment and create a good foundation for future conversion to powder coating or waterborne paints and equipment. A shop that understands and addresses existing issues with incremental improvements will recover investments for major changes more quickly than a shop that makes only a dramatic change.
Please contact Kelly Goudy or the technical staff at Tools USA if you have questions about ‘Going Green’ with your spray booth operation.
At Tools USA we routinely get requests for spray booths to be used on a conveyer line. Usually we will offer two opposed open-face booths or one of our designs with cutouts in the side walls. We have even made a spray booth to run lengthwise in order for the operator to stop/start the line when getting parts in and out of the DTD booth. Tools USA now offers a new booth style that mimics a larger-scale pass-thru booth using our SDD-1000 and pressurized intake.
Pass-Thru Side-Down Draft Spray Booth (PTSDD-1000)
(shown with conveyer and parts simulated)
- Designed to be used with conveyer paint line
- Standard size suited to industrial parts: cabinets, furniture, housings, control boxes, carts, signs
- Wide enough for two spray operators for combined coverage
- Pressurized openings to prevent dirt/dust from entering spray area
- Uses air from exterior of shop (also works with heated air make-up unit)
- 4.8 air exchanges per minute (4.0 minimum required by OSHA and NFPA)
- Two personnel doors
- Eight Class 2/Div II lights
- Unobstructed ceiling allows exterior support of conveyer line if necessary
- Popular custom features: size of openings, size of booth, # of lights, Class 1/Div II lights, powder coated booth
- Can be set up as powdercoat booth with HEPA filters to recycle in-shop air
For further information contact Kelly Goudy at Tools USA
Phone: 1-800-451-2425
Email: KellyG@standardtool.com
Tools USA has a new in-house leasing program for spray booths, frame machines, or multiple item purchases. To qualify, a prospect must meet the following criteria:
- Acceptable personal credit.
- Minimum 40% down payment.
- Located in eastern or central time zones.
- Agree to ACH monthly payment drafts.
Customers will be able to choose 24, 36, or 48 month lease options. Tools USA rates will run between 10 and 14%. All leases will be $1 buy-out financing leases.
The minimum financed after down payment is $3,000 (original price of item or items will be $5000).
An application can be requested by calling 1-800-451-2425.
Filters are often overlooked when evaluating the performance of a spray booth. A filter is a relatively inexpensive component of a spray booth and should be changed when necessary. Changing filters will help in avoiding poor finish jobs and unsafe conditions caused by inhibited air flow which can build toxic and combustible fumes.
Intake – Change filters when they fill with dust and dirt. Many auto body shops will change filters every two to four weeks if the booth is used daily.
Exhaust – Paint arrestor filters need to be changed under the following conditions:
- When the material being sprayed may react with something that has already been sprayed with these filters so as to create a toxic or spontaneous event.
- The static pressure differential is 0.5” or greater. This differential is measured on the manometer and is based on an empty booth with clean filters. Once the static pressure is above the basis line (0.5”), the exhaust filters need to be changed.
- Powder coat filters can be vacuumed many times and usually last 500-1000 hours.
Please contact Tools USA for information on spray booth filters or to order replacement filters.
In today’s economy, there seems to be an excess of used spray booths available due to the number of shops that have closed. We have all seen these used spray booths on E-Bay and web-based clearing houses. It seems like buying a used spray booth would be a smart and conservative decision. A spray booth purchase and installation is likely an infrequent occurrence for most companies.
Standard Tools lives in this industry every day and offers the following thoughts:
• The owner of the spray booth likely went out of business, possibly due in part to having a wrong or bad spray booth that was poorly designed and/or improperly installed. This costs the owner significant money in delayed production and poor quality every day that it is used.
• A used spray booth may not be complete with installation and maintenance manuals or other items that were omitted during the installation.
• Many spray booth manufacturers have either gone out of business or have significantly changed their designs over the years. Obtaining replacement parts or information on the spray booth may be difficult, if not impossible.
• Older paint booths may be obsolete and may not meet current building and fire codes.
• A used spray booth may have been altered or repaired by an owner that was not experienced in spray booth design and codes.
• Electrical items may not meet your available power.
• Taking a spray booth down and re-installing it is more than twice the effort required to install a new booth. This is due to tracking of parts, repackaging for transport, and replacing/repairing damaged or missing parts.
• There is no warranty. Buying a used spray booth is a gamble; buying new provides a guarantee from the manufacturer.
Most auto body shops charge $100-$200 per hour for painting, and many industrial shops charge more. The initial savings made by buying a used spray booth can quickly vanish if days or weeks are required to solve any of the problems listed above. Worse yet, there are instances in our experience where the buyer ended up throwing out the used booth and purchasing a new one.
Standard Tools recommendation is to buy a new spray booth built to your specifications and current codes. Installing an auto shop sized spray booth usually takes 2-3 men a few days to install, plus electrical and ducting work. Installing a new booth is the best way to ensure quality and throughput in your shop.
Call Standard Tools at 800.451.2425 for more information on spray booths, powder coating, and auto body equipment.
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Your inspectors (building, electrical, fire, environmental, worker safety, etc.) are responsible for making sure that your spray booth and processes are up to code. They are generally very interested in seeing your company prosper, but they are charged with making sure that the spray booth does not negatively impact the chance of a fire, worker injury or environmental issues.
This can seem complex and overwhelming when building a new spray booth. Here are some notes to make this easier.
Know your building:
-Total volume of building (floor space X height of ceilings)
-Building and floor materials
-Distance to nearby walls (should be at least 36”)
-Distance to electrical wiring and controls
-Proximity to property lines and other buildings
-Distance to spark-producing processes, like welding or grinding
-Escape routes for fires and other emergencies (aka egress)
Know your project:
-Obtain drawings and specifications from the spray booth manufacturer
-Have contractor information for electrical/fire/ducting
-Be prepared to give information about building the spray booth and subcontracting specific processes
Know your process:
-Obtain MSDS sheets for materials to be sprayed
-Be prepared to provide a plan for storage/mixing/waste management/training.
Know your plan:
-talk to your local inspectors before buying the spray booth (Do you need ETL certification? Are your inspectors influenced by other local spray booth incidents)
-submit a simple site plan (This goes a long way with letting your inspectors feel that you are open with them and wish to meet all code requirements.)
Know your support:
-Standard Tools can help you by providing information about the product and general code information.
-More information is available on the Tools USA blog by searching ‘permit’ or by contacting us at 800.451.2425.
For more information on paint booths please visit us at www.toolsusa.com.
