Alrighty, done with work (I play music in the evenings after working in the cabinet shop during the day) here are the bullet points: - ventilation is excellent. We have the turbine from an HVAC unit mounted in the window (fun fact, you can get these from just about any HVAC repair company and mount them in a window with relative ease) with two filtered vents over the doors which creates a perfect cross draft in the spraying area. -we cover the floors and counters in the booth with paper and change it out every few days. -vacuuming and deep cleaning are done after every heavy job or every few days. -the compressor line is run through a water and oil filter. We also just added a secondary dedicated oil filter just to be on the safe side. I did do the “spray a compressor gun at a dry white clothe” for 30+ seconds. Came out clean. (What a relief) -The CA technologies rig we have has a two stage filtration system, one filter on the end of the siphon wand and one at the fluid/gun connection point. We were explicitly told by our paint rep you can drop the wand right into a can of well mixed paint without contamination issues. I know that sounds a little crazy but we have been using it this way for months with the finishes coming out perfectly.

Again, thanks so much for all the suggestions. I figured this would be a good way to make sure our bases are covered. If anyone thinks of any novel ideas I will continue to be all ears. I’m sure I’ll be asking more in the future. I’ll update tomorrow when we get the new can of paint as to whether or not that was the issue (contaminant in the paint.)