Paint Spray Booths in SF Bay Area?

[bmwman91]

I am finishing up a loudspeaker building project and want to get a really good final paint coat on them. While the HVLP gun I have been using to apply some oil based satin black enamel works great, the dust and crap floating around the garage just makes it impossible to get a clean final coat on them. I would call them "good enough" and live with the small imperfections, but considering that parts and materials cost as much as my car, I want to have the paint turn out perfect.

Does anyone know of a place in the Bay Area that rents out time in a paint booth? I can bring my own compressor, hose, gun and paint. All I need is an hour or so for setup and application, 4-8 hours in a dust-free setting to let the paint dry and then maybe a day or two on a shelf to let it harden before transport.

I would prefer to not pay a professional painter to do these since, a) I don't think that they can legally use the paint (in CA) that I have been working with since it is cut with acetone, and b) I enjoy DIY stuff.

Thanks!

[oxymoron]

pay n spray is usually really fast

[StereoInstaller1]

Would you post a pic of where you are at with the build as they are? I wanna see what you have come up with...

[bmwman91]

pay n spray is usually really fast

Sounds a lot like my preferred method of contraception..."spray & pray".

JKJKJK

I'll check that out. EDIT: Was this a Grand Theft Auto joke?

Would you post a pic of where you are at with the build as they are? I wanna see what you have come up with...

Here you go:

http://www.diyaudio.com/forums/multi-way/199509-current-project-zaph-zrt-2-5-change-methodology.html

I have done a LOT since the last update. The cabinets had sanding sealer applied and were sanded down after about 4 days. Since then, I have put 4-6 thin coats of satin black enamel on them (one needed more coats due to small oopses). I'll try to get pics up in there soon. Also, ignore the waaaay-too-long first post, I was seriously jet-lagged & should have been trying to sleep instead of typing.

[oxymoron]

yeah grand theft auto hah

[bmwman91]

Well, after giving the speakers 4 days to dry and wiping them down with some tack cloth, it would seem that the paint is great after all. Running your hand over them reveals the small imperfections, but you can't see any of them unless you put bright fluorescent shop lights on them and really start looking hard from a few inches. Since these will live in a less-brightly-lit-than-a-garage living room, I am calling the paint, "DONE." The tack cloth removed 50-70% of the crap, which is nice.

Check out the link in my post above. I posted my current progress pictures, and these things are looking HOT! There is still finishing work to be done, but I am getting stoked already!