Dropped $350 on a cheap paint booth filter kit and it ruined two jobs

I thought I was being smart saving money on filtration for my basement booth. Bought a no-name kit off Amazon for around 350 bucks back in February. First job was a Honda Civic bumper, looked fine when I sprayed it but sanded through the clear after two days. Second job on a Ford fender had fisheyes all over. Took me a while to figure out the filters weren't catching oil from the compressor. Swapped to a proper SATA setup for 600 and now I have to strip and repaint both of those panels. Has anyone else had paint fail from cheap filter systems or was it just my bad luck?

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emerychen8d ago

Man that stinks... I've been there with cheap filtration gear and it always bites you. I tried one of those budget kits a couple years back and had the same oil mist thing, ended up with orange peel so bad I had to wet sand everything. It's such a pain to strip and respray, especially after you spent all that time laying down the first coat. Hope the SATA setup treats you better, that's what I switched to and it's been night and day.

alices168d ago

Nah, cheap gear works fine if you know what you're doing.