Description
Kresco industrial paint spray booths are custom-engineered finishing enclosures for manufacturers, truck and equipment refinishers, cabinet and wood shops, and any operation that needs a dust-free, code-compliant place to prime, paint and coat. Kresco engineers, manufactures, installs and services the whole system — booth, air make-up unit, mixing room, drying room and the auxiliary equipment around them — and Solvent Recycling Systems handles sales, installation coordination and support in the U.S.
Request a quote or call (847) 833-7010. Tell us the largest part, how many you paint a day, the coating (solvent, waterborne, two-pack) and whether you can excavate — those four answers pick the booth style.
Booth Construction
- 18-gauge G90 galvanized steel panels, precision-punched for nut-and-bolt assembly with a bolt-free interior.
- Doors — product doors on slotted 2-axis hinges so they adjust to uneven floors; 30″ × 84″ personnel doors with 14½” × 48″ observation windows in a pre-assembled heavy frame. Roll-up, bi-fold and tri-fold product doors available.
- Lighting — CSA-listed Class I Division 2 LED fixtures for bright, full-booth illumination.
- Paint arrestors — layered high-efficiency exhaust filters, lab-tested above 99% particulate removal.
- Fans and motors — brand-name tube-axial exhaust fans; air solenoid valve interlocked to the exhaust fan and the spray-gun air supply so nobody can spray with the fan off.
- Meets or exceeds applicable OSHA and NFPA regulations; optional UL/CSA-listed control panel with or without VFD; optional powder-coated white interior.
Four Airflow Styles
Crossdraft
The simplest and most economical layout. Air enters through filters in the product doors, travels the length of the booth and exhausts through the back wall. Best for industrial and large equipment, trucks and wood products where a perfect Class A finish isn’t the goal. Standard-duty and heavy-duty versions; available with or without air make-up.
Modified downdraft
Air enters through a filter bank in the ceiling from the cleaner upper air of the shop and exhausts at the back, giving a cleaner, healthier spray environment than crossdraft. Easy to pressurize with an intake plenum fan or a heated air make-up unit. Reverse-flow, drive-through and pressurized configurations available.
Side downdraft
Ceiling intake with exhaust through filtered plenums along the lower side walls — the practical choice when you cannot excavate a pit. Efficient overspray control that cuts prep time.
Downdraft
The best airflow for high-quality finish: filtered air comes down from the ceiling and leaves through a filtered exhaust pit in the floor, pulling overspray straight down and away from the part with no turbulence. Concrete-pit or raised-floor installation.
Air Make-Up Units (AMU)
An AMU replaces the air the booth exhausts so the booth stays balanced, and with a direct-fired heater it delivers temperature-controlled air for painter comfort and faster drying and curing. Kresco AMUs run 99% efficient because all burner heat enters the booth supply air. Modes: 100% fresh air, spray recirculation, prep, bake recirculation, pulse control.
- Single-stage (constant or variable volume) — constant warm fresh air at one set point.
- Dual-stage hi/low — two speeds, each with its own temperature set point; an economical alternative to a recirculating unit for shops with two heat regimes.
- Recirculating — about 80% pre-heated filtered air recirculated with roughly 20% fresh air; the most energy-efficient of the three because the burner sees pre-heated air.
- Control upgrades: digital differential-pressure sensor with clogged-filter lights, low/high gas pressure switches, outdoor-air temperature sensor with automatic burner control, supply ducting kits, burner/booth interlock kit, soft starters, VFDs.
Mixing Rooms
A safe, NFPA 33-compliant room for paint preparation and storage next to the booth. 18-gauge galvanized (optional powder-coated white), 12″ exhaust fan with 1/3 HP motor, personnel door with observation window that interchanges with any panel, Class I Div II light fixtures, LED lighting, various sizes. Built to OSHA 1910 (electrical, fire suppression and curb by others).
Drying Rooms and Waterborne Drying
Diverting freshly coated parts to a separate drying room keeps the booth spraying and gives the coating a clean, filtered atmosphere to cure in. Drying rooms are drawn to your parts and can be fitted with infrared, convection or Kresco’s turbulence waterborne paint drying system: a blower with a pulse generator feeds nozzles with twist inserts mounted along the gable, producing the corkscrew turbulence that flashes waterborne paint off quickly without blowing dry overspray onto the wet surface. It fits any booth size or a stand-alone drying room.
Options
- 3-axis elevator lifts in place of ladders for working at height
- Overhead monorail pass-through conveyor for large or heavy parts
- Roll-up, bi-fold or tri-fold doors; powder-coated white interior
- Supplied-air respiratory protection with carbon-monoxide monitoring per OSHA
- Peelable booth coating and booth floor mats for easier cleanup
The Equipment Around the Booth
This is where Solvent Recycling Systems earns its keep. A paint booth generates three recurring problems — dirty guns, dirty solvent and bare steel waiting to be painted — and we supply the answer to each:
- Spray gun washers (manual and automatic, solvent and waterborne) and paint pail washers
- Solvent recyclers that turn gun-wash waste back into clean thinner — most booths pay one off in under a year of disposal fees
- Cortec VpCI corrosion inhibitors to keep blasted or washed steel clean between prep and paint
- Surface prep upstream: blast rooms, blast cabinets, aqueous parts washers
- Powder instead of liquid? See Kresco powder coating booths.
Read how the pieces connect in From Blasting to Painting.
Built to order by Kresco. Sold, installed and supported in the U.S. by Solvent Recycling Systems.
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