Painting dilemma (long). What would you do?

Pascamp said
My painting experience is as follows. I've painted hundreds of race cars. They've gotta look good at 150' @ 150mph. That's a"300" paint job. They gotta look good at a mall showing too. On the other hand one of my best friends owned a high end body shop for 35 years. I welded a million panels for him and painted zero. After he retired I picked up his hand tools, guns, ect. The most important tool I couldn't take... The paint booth. They don't just keep out dust. They provide proper temperature, humidity, and lighting. You can do awesome prep at home, but painting is gonna require luck. Here in the North East...It ain't happening. Find a Maaco type shop near you and bring it there prepped. I'll paint race cars and work trucks in my driveway, but a car that matters I'll take to the pros.

good results can still be obtained here in the north east with a homemade booth:
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but it comes down to picking the perfect day to paint with the right reducer. my biggest negative about painting out of a garage is airflow. even with fans you will never get the airflow you get with a booth to pull out all the fumes, When i spray clear im using a fine tip and it can quickly fill up the booth with fumes especially when i flowcoat (you better have a proper respirator when you paint, or you will definitely feel the side effects). i would love to have a proper booth to paint out of. maybe one of these days. when im rich.......LOL