This was a big project! I think I drank 200 gallons of water in 5 days 😂

You should add the hvac.Make it right. It will only help you in the end. You already know the benefits. Can't wait to see how much this improved your work. Congratulations on kicking ass.

I’m a little biased myself but easily the hvac boxes under the lights are the move 🤟🏼

Gaaaaaahhhh dang son it's hard to believe the community we have now I been down and out a bit but you was a few thousand and now your Hella up there I'm so proud of what you have built brother congratulations

Oh man that song halfway through brought me back to the vintage DIY Gang days, love it.

Greetings from North Pole, Alaska, and while your paint booth is being put together, HVAC down the side and around to the back is probably the right idea. Best to do it now as opposed to figuring out how to do it 6 months from now. And just to let you know, I've been subscribed to your channel for over a year and in the past 6 months, this is my first notification from KZfaq.

Congratulations primo we are happy for you guys....it's looking great 👍

just make sure to get a camera pointed at the booth and make sure toothless tanya and her methhead madmen don't try to come in the middle of the night and vandalize it. SERIOUSLY though that is the next step for people like this.

Do the new exhaust vent for the booth man it gonna be better

Amazing work as always. I think waiting a bit more for the paint job is worth it and it will make it look a lot cleaner that way. Go for the second option !!!

hi. i’m a lighting engineer. often paint booths are equipped with staggered or adjustable color temperatures and VERY high CRI fixtures. the contrast of warm/white color temps is adjusted depending on different colors of paint and the way the color or surface is perceived.

Balancing the air flow is going to be the hardest part, especially since you are modifying from its designed air flow. Probably will need some diffusers and for sure use radius elbows, or duct with turning vanes in them.

I like your idea of adding the side exhaust with running the ducts along the side to the back,

Awesome progress. I’m not professionally qualified to have an opinion about the paint booth design. Keep living the dream.

Nice, man! The best to you both and the family. Been watching since the beginning. To all those who helped, I thank you for helping this great couple.

Great addition to the shop! Glad things were cleared up and you were able to resume working on it.

I say go on and do it right the first time. Any paint job you do is worth waiting for a better booth.

Most genuine video video I've seen in months out of all the car building channels, keep up the regular uploads and everything will fall into place

I posted a comment regarding the great things y'all are doing enthusiastically for the retired veteran. 👍👍👍 The DIYGANG and 23rd Garage are the two of my favorite vehicle projects channels.

I vote for adding the side exhaust 👍🏾👍🏾

Build the booth the way you ultimately want it now if you can. It will be much easier to do it now than to stop all project progress later just to upgrade the booth.

do that airflow through the floor this and for sure longer until paintjob, luv to see all the adjustments and improvements done to the booth

Glad to hear the old school music on the channel from when you were building Phoenix. Love that song! Happy to see you progressing out in FL. Keep doing big things bro!

Hey Jose, always good to see your videos. Nice having vids more frequently lately. Hope the family is doing great.

Your a good painter even without a booth. I can’t wait to see what the future holds for you

I’ve gotten great jobs out across and a down. It’s all in the painter

Amazing progress on

Big project indeed- very professional looking

I would take the time now and run the filters below... congratulations... now let's get that Challenger painted...

Just curious if you have any plans for protecting your booth during hurricane season? That wide open side could be a big problem with 100 plus mph winds. Might want to consider siding with reinforcements

Go for it! side draft baby 😊

Leave the booth as it is. I have painted cars in a cross flow booth which sold for $300,000 +. It all in the prep and that includes the booth.

What will give you 1: better painting experience, and 2: make it a easier work environment? It is better to put more work into a better paint booth than have paint booth sooner that you will regret not making those changes when you were building it.

looks great nice work .....i would build the hvac now insted of later that way its done and you dont have to worry about it....

Keep pushing 🎉🎉

Save the lights for a nice detail bay.

Congratulations bro !!!!

Keep up the goals rolling

They ran out of minutes on that flip phone. When that check comes in on the first they might start again.

Please upload more frequent videos like u did back in the day. we all are tired of waiting once a month us old school og subscribers know the feeling and pain of waiting for u guys to drop a video a week we understand and are greatful and haply for ur big move to florida. But please 🙏 it cant hurt to ask but still love ur content. DIY Gang ❤

Great job guys 👍👍

Amazing job as always.

When you're ready to paint, I have a 79 Malibu that's in need of a paint job. Body work is done and was painted but the job was crappy

Keep up the good work!

Leave the lights in the walls where they are and stick the extraction ducting underneath the wall lighting then you got the best of both worlds lighting where it's needed and the best extraction position and you won't have to send lights back like you were saying.

Love your video, been watching from beginning here in Ct, only issue is seems lately you mic or sound has been way off, have to turn mine up a lot. LOL< its all the driver responsibility to secure loads, LOL

Looking good, Modify the airflow Booth.

Keep doing your thing 💪💪💪💪❤❤❤❤

Pretty sweet upgrade for you guys! Personally, I'd stick with the booth how it is, and just be aware on how you're spraying to keep working towards the exhaust to keep that wet edge.

The quality of the paint job will be better if you do the downdraft mods to the booth it is worth the time you take now for future paint jobs

Jose as someone who has done HVACR for 30yrs. My suggestion 110% is to run the duct below the lights. Keep in mind at each ven thw increase in duct. It will get wider to the building from the booth as it goes back. So you will totally loose that space. I would run the duct down low still. Stay safe and be well. God bless.

Not sure of lean to height, width and max clearance from top of booth to the trusses. Adding a roll up door at entrance to paint booth will add a barrier to rain etc. Just a thought but cost is a factor...

hey awesome job with the booth and the new roof, i would def go with option #2. long time subrsciber and its just awesome to see how your progressing!

Just do it right!! So you have no chance of worry.

It's nice having good lights at that height

i think yall are doin right just the way your goin about it, yall have fab skills an know how to make shit work, this is going to be such a great addition to your company an its gunna make you a shit ton of money !

I would say tie it to the back, however make sure you step down the trunk size so you get a balanced suction down the entire wall. Big, smaller, then smaller from back to font is what I am meaning.

Make the upgrade!

Good video thanks do what you want

Keep up the great work

You have come so far just finished it correctly

Don’t block off that wall . You could use that space for the stands you paint on .

Nice job as always.

You are so ambitious. I wish I was your age again, and had your energy. Looks great, I really don’t know how much different your booth would be the other way. I would say go with what you have, but I have never painted a car. Upgrading now might be better. Especially if what you really want is the upgrade.

"Builder up DIY GANG!" "GET'ER'DONE!!!"

If u flipped the door upside down it would swing to the right so you don't have to go around it every time. That would be way more ergonomically correct. Especially since most people are right handed and that position will force the right hand to grab the handle.

Good news!

Hope you took time to get those plans your acquaintance provided, submitted to your local county building and permitting division, and properly permit approved...for Florida's hurricane codes.

Seen a minitruck where you walked there, maybe cool idea to build one with a mitorcycle engine?

There is a saying, buy once cry once, believe me from experience if you do not throw in the extra money and time to make it just the way you want it to be you will regret it every time you use it, you will feel like you settled just to get it done fast.

Make it the best way you can right now, because you are going to be just as busy in the future and you won't want to change it.

Let's get to paint

I like the idea leave the lights alone, Cut the side draft into the panels below the lights. Only thing is would the ducting or boxes be a standard size or would they have to be fabricated for the job? Does smaller mean a better pull of the air or would that be the size of fans at the back end your tying into? That or add an extra exhaust fan in the trunk before going into the bigger exhaust area at the end for max air pull. Im sure you already looked into the size and air flow you need, weather you system can handle that.

Mini split the ac ,get one with the heater option

Damn son ,…. Looking good

Good news with that. They didn't have a leg to stand on anyway, so they must have woken up to themselves. Now you can relax and keep doing what you do.

Go with option 2 for the booth

tnx for the video

Those gentlemen are amazing

Love it ❤

Nice job

Great job on the booth and metal building. Whats up with the airplanes next door?

My airy, i live in Winston Salem the 45 mins away

I don't have a fancy paint booth, but does it take care of the humidity? I know it can get bad here in PA like today and is bad for painting, seems like that would be all the time in FL.

Brandon a great friend! Hope u hooked him up for his fuel & food. Etc Especially since u were quoted 15k+

Do it brother you know you want too

Congratulations spring boot

Awesome channel just subscribed

Keep up the vloging

Awesome 🙌👏👍🏽👍🏽

DO the upgrade now while it's accessible.

DYI sometimes ppl suck & sometimes they prove us wrong

keep it stock, if it really ain't working down the line you can change it

Sweet

Damn bro idk where you are in the country. Around here $18k builds a huge shop.

W vid bro bro Do da side vents Better to do it now.

Yes let's Go

That leanto going to stand up to a hurricane? Looks good though!!

Spray boof 🙃

All you have to do is raise the floor 6 to 8 inches to turn it into a down draft booth. Just have a look at the goonzsquad booth they just put up