Airbrush fume hood without venting?

[severe cloak]

Hi all, i would like to be able to airbrush in my living room without having to vent outside. Are most filtration setups good enough for this, or what kind of airflow will i need if i want to do this?

[dry quartz]

From what I gather, some people do it okay with normal acrylic paints ( no primer, no minerals). I feel better having venting + mask, but I don't know the risks without venting. I guess a mask is still recommended either way.

[severe cloak]

what's the difference between acrylic paints and acrylic primers?

for this case

[dry quartz]

acrylic primers actully contain polyrethane

(at least the ones I've seen)

so they're "not just" acrylics

they give a fume (gaz) whereas acrylics ""only"" spread tiny particles of paint through the airbrush

(at least as far as I understand)

[severe cloak]

Would an activated charcoal filter be enough for those fumes?

[dry quartz]

I have no idea. I thought about trying to reuse the filter from the kitchen but no clue if that'd be good enough. Looks like the filter from the booth has 2 different layers, but I'm unable to say what it does. I think I looked into the filter grade that tells you the size / percentage of particles it filters, but I can't remember the result. @timber stream might be able to help on this one if he has time? (sorry mate, you're one of my references for safety-related topics!)

[timber stream]

No

You need to vent outside if you're airbrushing with solvents, period.

If you're using acrylics, you're still going to be dealing with alcohol, which unless you're venting outside, is going to be floating around in your room regardless of what vent setup you have.

Ventilators don't even catch all particulates, which is the other concern.

[severe cloak]

I thought activated carbon filters would neutralize alcohol? For now i will be airbrushing acrylics only, solvents is not a concern yet

[timber stream]

That may be, though it's probably much more expensive

either way, you'd have to specialize your setup if you're going to go that route of not venting outside.

if it's just acrylics, it's okay, not ideal still, but wear a respirator and run a ventilator, or open a window at least

[severe cloak]

I was hoping to use one of these types of extractors, something i can fold up and put away