Originally Posted by
theburns1
I see your point but I still cant see how the paint knows where it is whether in a booth or a tent. Mine come out really good and there is a guy on rs2000-16v thats had his car painted about 3 times in a booth a had loads of problems.
A lad on this forum had his escort painted I a booth and extractor drew all dust into the paint
As has been said it's not an exact science and shit happens but I'm pretty sure you didn't use a proper dryer between compressor and gun, your tent would 100% not have been dust free and with the greatest will in the world a paraffin heater will not dry your car evenly. In fact paraffin is not a good one to use, gas is better as it burns cleaner and in my experience dries the car more evenly.
I saw an escort painted in a proper top quality booth compared to our home made one and I was amazed how much better it looked instantly compared to ours and ours had proper top notch extraction, floor wet before painting, any air gaps sealed, all lights etc thoroughly dusted and so forth.
I used to go to a lot of car shows and you can see from ten yards the ones that have had a good pro job and the DIY specials.
FFS I've sprayed with a cans, g3'd it back and given it a good high speed buff and it's looked just fine but the same job done in the booth on the gun has just looked spectacular.