Clean water all day long

I discussed this in TintWizards thread before, but I have a good set-up at home that once you try, you'll never go back.

Simply hook a garden hose to your tap and run it into your shop or garage through a filter. Run the hose across the rafters or roof until it is above your work bay. Go to the hardware and buy a plastic T piece that steps down to 6mm. Run some clear 6mm hose off that down to a trigger.

Then continue the garden hose across the roof to the other side of the car and repeat the T piece and 6mm hose. You can keep doing this to as many bays as you need. I had it working for 5 bays with 6 triggers. At the last trigger, you just use a plastic L piece instead of the T. Use hose clamps to secure the joins and your done.

Make sure you use good quality garden hose, otherwise over time it ruptures. At the beginning of each day turn the hose on and bingo, clean filtered water at high pressure all day long. Just make sure you turn it off at the end of the day so you don't flood the workshop if a hose busts.

I use this clean water for washing down cars, cleaning windows and most importantly flushing my window prior to installation. Jus keep a soapy bottle handy to wet the adhesive down. Hope this helps

garden hose.... ......in the rafters..............


Post some pics.

I'd have to buy a camera for that.

If you have nothing intelligent to add to the tip, then keep quiet.

Some photos would be helpful, I can visualize what you are talking about,but a pic is worth a thousand words... as they say...


I had to break into the bank and get a digital camera, once I got hooked on this place.....


Great idea BTW.....

just jokes.....


Seems like it would work well.....need a drain for sure.

I know a tinter who uses a 55 gallon drum for his tank...he uses a RV pump.....

But then his water starts to stink from time to time.

sounds like a good idea to me. May as well take it one step further and use some CPVC rigid pipe (the light tan stuff, it holds better than PVC). Won't have to worry about it busting and the pressure wont ever fluctuate (wont swell on a hot day in the rafters like a hose). Although, that's probably not a problem.

long time ago, I had a shop that I'd ran a PVC line all around the wall at the ceiling line and rigged the mister nozzles to it. Whenever a car was brought in, we'd turn the misters on for a few minutes and the superfine mist would pull all the floating dust out of the air, worked like a charm and the water was so fine that it didn't soak the shop down.

good idea put it in for totw

Where are you located....???

I tried that misting thing a year or so ago, but the humidity is so high here in the summer, all it does is soak everything down including you....
Does keep the dust down a bit though...

I like that idea!!

in the south too. humidity is a nightmare also, but when it's already saturated, a little more mist doesn't do much to make it worse. (and it's only humid in the summer ... leaves 3 more seasons). I don't have the set up now, may go back to it one day when I get bored and need something to do. I only ran it for a minute or so, not enough to soak everything, just enough mist the air real good and let it all fall to the ground. if the shop is wide, it helps to run a line through the middle too and not just the perimeter.

of course, the whole setup is worthless if you tint with the roll-ups open. You'd have to run the mister nonstop. eck. I only meant it to clean out the "dirty air" that got in the shop after lifting a door to get a car in.

It worked about as well as tinting during a good rainy day. Still a little bit of stuff floating, but not much.

The fresh water line idea is pretty good though, may be worth installing everything as all-in-one system with check valves (to operate them independently). With a little thought, could probably come up with an in-line system that meters just the tiniest amount of slip into the water stream.

Good idea

very good idea

I had slip and water run through tubing from the back room
a cornelius, and water supply and compressor were all in the back


the only thing....

one morning I came in to a pond in the floor
the sprayer nozzle diddnt like the PSI of the water supply

definatley would put a shut off valve in the bay

I don't run a auto shop, but have a little knowlege in things here and there. After reading this post, something came to mind. I was wondering if the low flow systems that you can get at Home Depot & such could come into play. That is the regulator that cuts down on pressure.

Also a timer valve might not be a bad idea either. Runs on a 9v and could be set to come on and off. Might keep a flood out of a shop when no ones home!
just my

I know a tinter who uses a 55 gallon drum for his tank...he uses a RV pump.....

But then his water starts to stink from time to time.

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Something like this? I only use a 5 gal bucket though, to prevent it from going stagnant and stinking. I have my water at 60 psi at all times

here is the tank... Dont mind the mess, these pics where taken mid move into the new shop

Man, I really like this set-up idea and had one of my own to add on to it. I dont know how hot water affects the tinting process but if you have a spray tip hooked directly to your water system then it would be awesome to also have the hot water hooked to it but instead of a hot water tank use one of the point of use electric water heaters that only heats what you use. This way when you are cleaning the windows or flushing you can have warm water to keep your hands from being so cold.