My powder paint selection is growing so I needed a fluid bed with more capacity. Solution - covert my 4-Cup system to an 8 cup! Nothing too complicated - super easy to replicate! Hope you enjoy!
Total build cost (at today's material prices) for just the bed (not include pain cups): ~$150.
Materials Needed for Fluid Bed:
- 24" x 10" slab of wood
- 2 Foot piece of 2" PVC cut in 2" pieces (for air base). Leftover 4" you can use to make an additional paint cup.
- 8 - 2" Couplers
- 8 - 2" Test Caps
- 2 Foot piece of 1" PVC for manifold/regulator
- 2 - 1" end caps
- 8 - 1/4"OD Sharkbite valves
- 1/4" Vinyl tubing
- Gorilla Glue Gel
- 1/4" Drill Bit
- Clear Silicon
- Fluval Q2 Aquarium Pump with adjustable air pressure
Tools for Fluid Bed:
- Drill
- Hacksaw or other method of cutting PVC
- Tubing cutters (I used angle cutters... scissors... razor blade, whatever works)
Materials Needed to Make Paint Cups:
- 2" PVC cut in 3" pieces (I like 3 inch... could go 4", wouldn't go less than 3" but that's just me)
- Brown Paper bag (elementary school "lunch bags" work great - thinner than grocery paper bags)
- 2" Coupler
- 2" Test Cap
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