Marine & Yacht
Platinum Finishing Systems (PFS) paint booths ensure excellent contamination control and offer superior lighting for achieving top-quality finishes on boats, yachts, and other aquatic equipment. In addition to our paint booth lineup, PFS provides a comprehensive range of finishing equipment, including powder coating booths, ovens, washers, prep environments, paint mixing rooms, and hazardous material storage buildings, to fulfill all your finishing needs. PFS possesses the expertise and resources to custom engineer products and complete finishing solutions tailored to meet customers’ unique requirements and specifications. Our custom-engineered solutions deliver the same outstanding quality and performance you anticipate from PFS, providing a truly unparalleled booth for painting products and parts.
Standard Marine & Yacht Booth Package Includes:
Marine & Yacht paint Booths are equipped with the following:
Our booths meet the rigorous safety standards outlined in NFPA-33, the highest-level safety code in the USA for the spray application of flammable or combustible materials.
These models have undergone thorough testing and hold certification as ETL-Certified Booths by Intertek/ETL (Edison Testing Labs). They are also recognized by OSHA (Occupational Safety & Health Administration) as NRTLs (Nationally Recognized Testing Laboratories). This certification is often required by local authorities to ensure safe operation and regulatory compliance.
Rest assured, ETL certification is included with your purchase!
ETL Certification included with your purchase
- Assembly instructions
- UL-approved components
- Air Flow Type: Air enters the booth from the filtered front doors and is exhausted from the rear exhaust chamber.
- Construction: 18 Gauge Galvanized Steel pre punched holes for nut and bolt assembly.
- Filters: 20" x 20" FiberGlass Exhaust filters
- Lighting: LED Lighting or T8 Lighting four tube 4’ Light fixtures ETL listed.
- Doors: Double Wall doors (filtered ) & (1) Personnel Door.
- Fans: Tube Axial Fans with non-sparking blades motor sizes vary with booth size.
- Options: Powder coating
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Types of Marine and Yacht Booths
Marine and yacht booths are essential for painting, coating, and finishing processes in the marine industry. These specialized environments are designed to handle large vessels and components, promoting safety, efficiency, and quality across a range of applications. Below is a breakdown of booth types and their uses in marine and yacht projects.
1. Crossflow Marine and Yacht Booths
Overview:
Crossflow booths feature horizontal airflow, providing effective ventilation for large-scale marine applications.
Key Features:
- Airflow Direction: Air enters through filters on one side and exits through the opposite side, creating consistent airflow.
- Filtration System:Multi-layer filters capture overspray and particulates, maintaining a clean workspace.
- Space Optimization: Designed to accommodate large vessels and components without obstructions.
Examples in Marine Settings:
- Yacht Painting: Ensures durable coatings for yachts that withstand marine conditions.
- Hull Coating: Ideal for applying protective finishes to large boat and ship hulls.
2. Side Downdraft Marine and Yacht Booths
Overview:
Side downdraft booths utilize a top-to-side airflow design to create a clean and controlled working environment.
Key Features:
- Airflow Direction: Air enters from above and is pulled downward through side-mounted filters.
- Side Exhaust System: Effectively captures particulates and fumes.
- Enhanced Visibility: Clear work areas are ideal for precision tasks.
Examples in Marine Settings:
- Deck Coating: Allows for even finishes on boat decks with minimal overspray.
- Boat Repair and Refurbishment: Perfect for smaller watercraft and repair projects.
3. Downdraft Marine and Yacht Booths
Overview:
Downdraft booths feature vertical airflow, providing superior contaminant control for large-scale marine projects.
Key Features:
- Airflow Direction: Draws air downward into floor-based filtration systems.
- Floor Filtration: Simplifies cleanup and reduces hazards.
- Large Capacity: Accommodates extensive marine projects, including yachts and large components.
Examples in Marine Settings:
- Marine Component Coating: Effective for painting engines and machinery parts.
- Specialized Finishes: Supports projects requiring coatings for marine and aerospace components.
4. Semi-Downdraft Marine and Yacht Booths
Overview:
Semi-downdraft booths combine vertical and side airflow for balanced ventilation and versatility.
Key Features:
- Airflow Direction: Dual airflow from the ceiling and sides enhances cleanliness.
- Dual Filtration: Maximizes contaminant capture with overhead and side filters.
- Adaptable Design: Suitable for diverse applications in the marine industry.
Examples in Marine Settings:
- Custom Yacht Finishing: Supports intricate designs and coatings for high-end yachts.
- Boat Fabrication: Ideal for painting and constructing new boat components.
5. Vertical Downdraft Marine and Yacht Booths
Overview:
Vertical downdraft booths are compact and designed for smaller components and detailed marine projects.
Key Features:
- Airflow Direction: Tailored downward airflow creates a clean space for vertical surfaces.
- Focused Filtration: Effectively captures particulates during precision tasks.
- Compact Design: Suitable for smaller workshops without sacrificing performance.
Examples in Marine Settings:
- Fittings and Accessories Coating: Perfect for railings, cleats, and other yacht accessories.
- Restoration Projects: Supports detailed finishing and restoration for classic boats.
What is a Marine Paint booth used for ?
Sections of ships, submarines, or sizable yachts often undergo painting or touch-ups within large equipment booths. These booths are particularly advantageous for components brought ashore for maintenance or repair, providing an optimal painting environment prior to reassembly.
What makes a Marine spray booth unique?
Watercraft such as ships, yachts, boats, and jet skis demand resilient and enduring paint finishes to endure the harsh elements they encounter. Marine coatings are not only exposed to sunlight and air but also submerged in water. Protecting the substrate from water immersion, especially saltwater, poses a challenge due to potential organic growth and deterioration from exposure. Coatings for marine environments often necessitate precise and consistent climate conditions during application. Accudraft specializes in designing marine paint and refinishing booths that establish an optimal environment for applying specialized marine paints and anti-foul coatings. These booths tightly regulate temperature, humidity, airflow, and exposure to compounds, ensuring the correct conditions for application and curing of marine coatings while adhering to safety and efficiency standards
Designing a Marine paint booth
Efficiency and consistency are key aspects of any process, and at Platinum Finishing Systems (PFS), we understand the importance of tailoring our paint booths to meet our customers’ precise needs without unnecessary space. For businesses consistently painting a particular type of vessel, customizing the booth’s shape to match the vessel can significantly reduce air volume requirements. Similarly, for operations involving painting parts off the vessel, opting for smaller parts booths ensures optimal use of space for both large and small components. By closely collaborating with our clients and identifying areas for efficiency enhancement, we provide recommendations that promote effective and sustainable operations over the long term.
In larger marine paint booths with tailored designs, we focus on optimizing the placement of essential components such as hoses, reels, electrical drops, air, and water closer to their points of use. Additionally, integrating curtains into the booth design allows for the isolation of the painting spray area or the creation of multiple zones for part preparation, substrate treatment, or applying marine coatings. Employing radiant heat technology to heat the substrate ensures better heat distribution, resulting in more uniform product application.
Transporting marine vessels on land presents its own set of challenges, requiring specialized rails or other mechanisms for loading and unloading the booth safely. Moreover, raised platforms or man lifts may be necessary to reach the full height of vessels effectively. At PFS, we address these logistical considerations to provide comprehensive solutions tailored to our customers’ needs.
Humidity and Air Temp
When applying specialty marine paint or anti-foul coatings to large boats within a paint booth, our engineers carefully consider the booth’s size as a critical factor. Achieving near-perfect air conditions necessitates a thorough understanding of the energy required for conditioning the air. Marine coating manufacturers typically specify precise standards for air temperature and humidity levels to ensure optimal performance. Marine-specific paint booths often require heating, cooling, humidification, and dehumidification systems to attain these ideal air conditions.
Recirculation and Airflow
Ensuring smooth airflow through a marine paint or refinishing booth can pose challenges, especially when dealing with the unique shapes of watercraft. The irregular contours of vessels can disrupt airflow patterns, potentially leading to suboptimal spraying conditions if not properly managed. Maintaining consistent airflow helps reduce lingering overspray and promotes efficient operations. Additionally, it’s crucial to consider the application methods. Will most paint jobs involve applying new gel coatings using an HVLP spray gun, or will the focus primarily be on refinishing work, such as applying roll-on anti-foul hull coatings? Addressing these factors ensures effective and tailored solutions for marine painting and refinishing tasks.
Ensuring proper airflow and air velocity is essential in paint booths, with OSHA, NFPA, and environmental protection agencies mandating specific airflow and air speed (LFM) requirements. Recirculation can significantly aid in achieving these standards while conserving energy compared to treating 100% of the air. Recirculation is particularly advantageous during curing processes, where it allows for higher temperatures with reduced energy consumption. Our engineers specialize in developing recirculating systems that align with safety codes while optimizing efficiency.
Heat reclaim presents another valuable strategy, especially in large watercraft paint booths, where reclaiming heated air can lead to substantial cost savings. By tempering the incoming air with exhausted air, heat reclaim enhances the efficiency of heating and cooling operations in the air makeup unit (AMU), effectively reducing heating/cooling costs. This system can maintain temperature consistency regardless of the booth’s operating mode. The larger the marine painting application, the greater the potential savings with heat reclaim. Our expertise ensures that your facility maximizes efficiency while meeting regulatory requirements
Surface Preperation
A crucial aspect of boat refinishing services involves surface preparation before applying new gel coats or hull anti-foul coatings. When applying new gel coatings to boats and marine vessels, the surface must undergo preparation, especially if the old coating appears dull or chalky. This typically involves sanding and scuffing the old gel coating or fiberglass substrate of the boat body or hull prior to spraying new coatings. However, this process generates a significant amount of dust and debris within the boat re-painting shop. Dust, containing potential carcinogens and fiberglass particles, poses flammability risks and health hazards if inhaled.
Effective containment of marine gel coat sanding is vital for a well-equipped boat re-painting facility as it minimizes extra cleanup time between jobs and reduces airborne dust particles, particularly fiberglass particles, enhancing employee safety. OSHA mandates strict guidelines for separating airborne particulates from employees, and minimizing exposure at the source is an effective strategy. Additionally, for situations involving sanding of aluminum hulls or parts, containing released aluminum particles is critical for health and safety reasons. Prep stations equipped with curtains and exhaust filtration walls offer solutions to maintain worker health and facility cleanliness while conducting sanding operations.
Anti-Fouling
Preparing the underside of a boat for anti-foul coatings requires meticulous surface preparation. Initially, fouling elements such as algae, barnacles, and mollusks must be thoroughly removed. Subsequently, the original anti-foul coating needs to be either stripped or sanded to ensure proper adhesion of the new coating, which is essential for long-lasting protection. The chemistry of anti-foul hull coatings is specifically formulated to function effectively considering water friction. As the boat moves through the water, these coatings are designed to self-clean or self-polish, maintaining a slick surface and preventing the release of integrated biocides present in the coating itself.
A well-applied anti-foul coating can significantly reduce a boat’s fuel consumption by minimizing drag on the water, resulting in potential savings of thousands of dollars. However, it’s crucial to apply anti-foul coatings under the appropriate conditions to ensure optimal performance. These coatings contain harmful compounds such as biocides, intended to inhibit marine growth on the hull, in addition to the usual volatile organic compounds (VOCs) found in most paints. Therefore, removal and application of anti-foul coatings should take place in a properly ventilated environment to safeguard the safety of employees and the surrounding neighborhood’s environment.
Key Points of Our Marine & Yacht Booths
Superior Finishing Quality:
Designed for boats, yachts, ensuring top-quality finishes with excellent contamination control and superior lighting.
Comprehensive Range:
Offers everything from paint booths to powder coating and hazardous material storage, tailored for marine finishing needs.
Custom Engineering:
PFS can create custom solutions tailored specifically to the unique requirements of marine equipment finishing.
Optimized for Marine Use:
Specialized booths are designed to handle the unique challenges of marine coatings, ensuring durable finishes against harsh elements.
Choosing the Right Booth for Your Needs
Each booth type—Crossflow, Side Downdraft, Downdraft, Semi-Downdraft, and Vertical Downdraft—offers unique advantages tailored to specific applications. By understanding the features and benefits of each design, you can select the optimal solution to ensure superior finishes and safe operations.
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