Blew $300 on a 'pro grade' paint booth filter kit that did nothing

Ngl I fell for the hype on one of those high end paint booth filter setups from a vendor at the SEMA show. Thought it would cut down on overspray and drying time in my shop. After 6 months of using it, my paint jobs actually had more dust nibs and the flow felt worse. Went back to my old $40 roll of filters and everything cleared up. Anyone else get burned by a fancy filter system that just didn't work?

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troyreed10d ago

You mentioned the dust nibs got worse with the new setup - did you check if the fan static pressure was actually matched to those filters? I ran into a similar situation where the fancy pleated media choked my exhaust fan so bad it couldn't pull the airborne particles out, just let 'em settle right back on the paint.

ruby_rivera7610d ago

Totally agree with @troyreed, same thing happened to me with those heavy duty MERV filters.