Dehydrator paint curing cube
Since I've began using an airbrush and water based acrylics my wife no longer complains about nasty smells in the garage. But my brief experience with acrylics (versus rattle can poly) tells me that acrylics are more 'delicate' until they are fully cured which can take 12 to 24hrs to cure before masking or removing tape used for striping etc. But the internets tell me that a dehydrator can speed curing up to 2 to 4 hours. So of course I moved to making something versus trying to adapt a commercial model. But then I'm a full up geek.
Here's a video of the final build up. I'd be happy to help anyone wanting to do the same thing. My original plan was quite involved and I planned to have 3 modes (low - medium - high) and a rotary encoder switch etc. in the end I decided to just keep it simple and have just medium (heat wise) which would be good for both metal and plastic parts.
since my house it made of foam, and tight,
humidity is a problem if not addressed, so
we have 2 big old de-humidifiers.
they also allow me to do things like the quarry in hrs, vs days
it's all about solid deep cure with any water based products
I just set up a chair and let that dry air blow on my project
works on paints, any evaporative glue, etc
but, anyways cool build! keep on geekin"!
dr