Open-front paint booth
A ventilated, filtered area, without full enclosure or heating. From €7,000 to €12,000 excl. VAT.
The open-front paint booth marks out a ventilated, filtered work area without fully enclosing it. The air is drawn through a filter wall and then extracted, while the part remains accessible from the front.
It is the right equipment when an enclosed booth would be oversized or impractical: priming work, touch-ups, parts too bulky to fit into an enclosed space, workshops whose height or floor area does not allow a full booth to be installed.
Open or enclosed: what difference it makes
The enclosed booth controls the air: filtration of the incoming air, slight negative pressure as the standard requires, controlled temperature, the option of curing. That is what makes a finish with no rework possible on demanding colours.
The open-front booth only controls extraction. It captures the paint mist at source and protects the workshop, but the surrounding air is still the workshop’s air — with its dust and its temperature.
So the choice is not made on budget but on the finish required. For priming, touch-ups or work on technical parts, an open-front booth is more than enough. For visible bodywork finishing, it will not be enough.
Applications
- Priming and preparation upstream of an enclosed booth
- Touch-ups and one-off jobs
- Long or bulky parts
- Maintenance and industrial mechanics workshops
- Additional painting stations, to free up the main booth
Open-front booth, extraction wall or preparation area
These three pieces of equipment overlap, and the names vary from one manufacturer to another. The useful distinction is how far the work area is closed off.
The extraction wall comes down to a filter wall facing the operator. The open-front booth adds side walls that define the space and improve capture. The preparation area rather refers to a station dedicated to sanding and preparation, upstream of painting.
We build all three. The configuration is determined from the work you actually do and your layout.
Frequently asked questions
Is an open-front booth enough to paint a car?
For priming or a touch-up, yes. For a visible bodywork finish, no: without filtered incoming air, the workshop dust settles on the paint film.
How does it differ from an extraction wall?
The extraction wall is just a filter wall. The open-front booth adds side walls that define the area and improve capture of the paint mist.
Does it require installation work?
Installation is much lighter than for an enclosed booth. We look at the floor area, the available height and the options for exhausting the air before proposing a configuration.
Can it be combined with an existing enclosed booth?
That is in fact the most common configuration: the open-front booth handles priming and touch-ups, which frees up the enclosed booth for the work that justifies it.
An open-front booth project?
Tell us what you paint and in what kind of workshop, and we will work out the right configuration.
