Had to choose between pre-finished and job-site finishing on a 12-door kitchen

I took on a kitchen with 12 doors and 6 drawer fronts last month in Portland. The client wanted a specific color match so I went with job-site finishing using a spray gun setup. It looked great at first but three doors already have minor fisheye from temp changes in my shop. Has anyone else had better luck with pre-finished panels for color critical jobs?

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riverreed5d ago

Man I used to swear by job-site finishing for custom colors but after dealing with the same fisheye issues on a few jobs I switched to prefinished panels and honestly it saves so much headache.

the_thomas4d ago

Oh man, that fisheye issue is a nightmare. @riverreed, what was the main cause you found for that happening on your jobs? I keep hearing different things about humidity vs. application speed but nobody seems to agree.