Pro tip: I don't think you always need a full paint booth for a spot repair

I was working on a 2018 Ford F-150 in my shop in Knoxville last month, just a small rock chip on the hood. A painter from a big dealership in town came by to pick up a part and saw me setting up my portable spray shelter in the corner. He said, 'You're going to get trash in that, you need a sealed environment for any color match.' But I've been using this Pro-Tek shelter for about 3 years now. I wet the floor, use a tack cloth right before, and my blend is always clean. That day, I matched a three-stage pearl white perfectly. The extra time and cost of running the whole booth for a 6-inch repair doesn't make sense to me for every job. What's the smallest repair you'll do outside the main booth?

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robinp721mo ago

My last booth repair was so clean, the only trash in it was my lunch bag.

felixfisher1mo ago

My buddy found a full, unopened bag of chips in his last one. Customer must have forgotten it after lunch.

claire_walker1mo ago

Wow, that's wild. I actually have the opposite experience, my booths are always a mess. Sticky floors, crumbs everywhere, you name it. Robinp72, I wish I got your clean ones. Most customers just leave their trash behind without a second thought. Finding forgotten chips sounds like a lucky break compared to what I usually deal with. It's more like a part-time cleaning job on top of the repair work.