Wasted $80 on a cheap paint booth filter kit off Amazon

I figured I'd save a few bucks last month and grabbed a generic filter kit for my Downdraft booth. First job with it was a pearl white Honda Accord, and by the end I had dust specs all through the clear. Took me an extra 4 hours to wet sand and buff it out. Has anyone else had a bad experience with those no-name booth filters?

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mila_craig41mo ago

Exactly, that pearl white will show every single speck. I learned that lesson the hard way too, but with a dark blue metallic. The cheap filters just don't trap the fine dust like the real ones do, and they clog up way faster so the airflow drops off even sooner. I spent a whole Saturday sanding out trash from a whole car I sprayed. Now I just buy the expensive filters in bulk from a proper supplier, it's not worth the headache to save twenty bucks.

nathan_webb1mo ago

Bet you it was your prep work or gun setup not the filters. Ive run those cheap ones for years and never had trash issues unless I was rushing the booth prep.