Spray booth

A spray booth is a small enclosure, usually open-fronted with a fan and filter at the back, built to pull airbrush overspray and paint fumes away from the room while a model is being painted. It sits behind or around the model on the workbench, drawing air and fine paint particles through a filter and out through ducting or a window rather than letting them settle across the room and the rest of the hobby space.

Booth size and fan strength matter more than most beginners expect, since a fan that is too weak leaves overspray drifting past the sides rather than being pulled straight through, and a booth that is too small for the models being painted forces awkward angles that are hard to spray evenly. Replacing or cleaning the filter regularly keeps airflow consistent instead of gradually weakening as paint residue builds up inside it.

A common mistake is running an airbrush indoors without any extraction at all, relying only on an open window, which does little to control where fine paint particles actually end up landing. Positioning a booth close to an actual window or vent, rather than in the middle of a room, makes a real difference to how effectively it clears the air during a longer painting session.