iBorg Posted November 20, 2018 Share Posted November 20, 2018 I'm almost at the point where I'll be able to hook up my paint booth. As such I need to either put the booth on a table or taller legs. Do you find you get better results sitting or standing? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StevenGuthmiller Posted November 20, 2018 Share Posted November 20, 2018 (edited) I guess I never really thought about it much, but I stand. I find that I need to move around too much while painting to be sitting still. Â Steve Edited November 20, 2018 by StevenGuthmiller Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miatatom Posted November 20, 2018 Share Posted November 20, 2018 1 hour ago, StevenGuthmiller said: I find that I need to move around too much while painting to be sitting still. Same here plus sitting too much hurts my bad back. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ironman63 Posted November 20, 2018 Share Posted November 20, 2018 I'm with Tom and Steve. I just can't sit and do a decent job.  Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miatatom Posted November 20, 2018 Share Posted November 20, 2018 Sometimes I can't get a decent paint job standing or sitting. Haven't tried lying down yet. Mike, why not build it so you can remove the legs easily and decide which way you like it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Classicgas Posted November 20, 2018 Share Posted November 20, 2018 I sit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snake45 Posted November 20, 2018 Share Posted November 20, 2018 I try to avoid stanfding whenever possible. I've gotten pretty good at it. In fact, it's possible I have NEVER stoofd. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ich_Will Posted November 20, 2018 Share Posted November 20, 2018 My booth is too low to do either comfortably. Kneeling is awful. Lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
magicmustang Posted November 20, 2018 Share Posted November 20, 2018 7 minutes ago, Snake45 said: I try to avoid stanfding whenever possible. I've gotten pretty good at it. In fact, it's possible I have NEVER stoofd. I agree. Remember "Spell Check" is your friend. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xingu Posted November 21, 2018 Share Posted November 21, 2018 I stand/lean. I have a drafting stool at my bench that I use so I am in between fully standing and sitting at normal chair height. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
martinfan5 Posted November 21, 2018 Share Posted November 21, 2018 I stand, but sitting does not sound like a bad idea now Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cowboy rich Posted November 21, 2018 Share Posted November 21, 2018 I'm part of the standing group, I also move around a lot with airbrush or rattle can. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisBcritter Posted November 21, 2018 Share Posted November 21, 2018 3 hours ago, Snake45 said: I try to avoid stanfding whenever possible. I've gotten pretty good at it. In fact, it's possible I have NEVER stoofd. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peter31a Posted November 21, 2018 Share Posted November 21, 2018 My spray booth area was designed with sitting to paint in mind. But I now find I prefer to stand which now means bending over to do the painting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
martinfan5 Posted November 21, 2018 Share Posted November 21, 2018 11 minutes ago, peter31a said: My spray booth area was designed with sitting to paint in mind. But I now find I prefer to stand which now means bending over to do the painting. I elevated mine on a box, a HLJ box in fact, you can see it in the air compressor videos I did. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
espo Posted November 21, 2018 Share Posted November 21, 2018 My standing has as much todo with my Paint Booth location. I have what would be the equivalent of a one car garage under our home that is used for garden equipment and mowers. I have set aside a shelving unit near the exterior door to throw the exhaust hose from the Spray Booth and the Air Compressor shares the same shelve along with the Dehydrator for drying. Â Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iamsuperdan Posted November 21, 2018 Share Posted November 21, 2018 Depends what I'm doing. If I'm spraying an entire body, I'll stand. I just find I can move around the body and get better views of all sides and surfaces if I have the mobility of standing. Having said that, if I'm doing finer detail work, I'll sit. Â Â Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Geiger Posted November 21, 2018 Share Posted November 21, 2018 I stoofd... that's a combination of standing and stooping. I have a home made spray booth that is sitting on a table in my model room. It's at a bad height. I am in the process of changing around some of the furniture in my model room, so I will be swapping in a taller piece, an old microwave cart, so I'll be at counter height for standing.  I may just splurge and get myself a real spray booth for Christmas. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snake45 Posted November 21, 2018 Share Posted November 21, 2018 Just realized, I do all my airbrushing sitting, but all my rattlecanning standing. And I simply can't imagine doing either the other way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
935k3 Posted November 21, 2018 Share Posted November 21, 2018 My spray booth and area were designed to sit and I sit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrObsessive Posted November 21, 2018 Share Posted November 21, 2018 To echo what Dale said, I definitely sit. My paint booth sits on one of my work tables and it requires me to sit. In fact, I literally just finished painting my Corvette resto a half hour ago and I sat the whole time. Like Snake said however, if I'm rattlecanning something (like red oxide primer on a chassis), I'll stand to do that as I'll usually paint outside if it's a nice day. I'd love to one day get a stand-up painting booth with full ventilation (we had one where I used to work). It would be kinda nice to have free range of motion when painting and not restricted to a cube------albeit somewhat large like my paint booth. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeeBee Posted November 21, 2018 Share Posted November 21, 2018 Sitting, I have to stand up to do my work, so I'm sure not going to do it for my hobby. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peteski Posted November 21, 2018 Share Posted November 21, 2018 Stand, because there is nothing to sit on in the area where I airbrush. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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