Last year I turned a small 10x12 building into a finishing room.  Previously the room was done in a nautical theme.  I have a light blue color from 3 ft up and a dark blue color from 3 ft down.  As this room has progressed I added some heavy moving blankets that are a dark blue to cover the 8 ft of windows on two sides of the room.  Added six LED lights all 4 ft to the ceiling to improve lighting.  In short a work in progress.  Now that I am using it alot I have been using some clip on lights on some poles as I develop a few stands.  In looking at the walls and thinking they should not be a dark color but perhaps a bone white?  Do I use flat paint, satin, semi gloss?

 

Any ideas?  Tips???

I'd want it to be as light reflecting as possible. So, I'd go with gloss white. Have you considered a portable spray tent/ booth?

 

This is how the pros do auto Gunny

I don't recall the walls being gloss white but they may very have been when new.  I think I gave the booth a good scrubbing before I rolled in.   Lights mounted on walls and angled at the top.

Thanks for advice. More lights are in mix. I have 6 more open outlets in ceiling so easy enough to add.  

In a previous life, our maual paint booths (we had robotic too) resembled the automotive booth @Cal shows. The wall color was not high gloss white at least IMO, but more of semi gloss. Since the walls were actually more of a steel panel, they has a "texture" finish...very subtle, but not smooth. I suspect this was to help reduce glare with all the lights.

 

Not to hi-jack the thread, but speaking of white paint, I was a "Manufacturing Process Engineer" (fancy title instead of pay) for a couple of years. Part of that job required writing/ documenting the work instructions the factory floor followed to do their job. We had available 57 "standard" shades of white a customer could specify their product order could be painted. Dupont was our main paint supplier both for OEM color (proprietary) and most standard order non-OEM.

 

On a rare occasion a customer would request their specific shade of white (or other). Advance planning had to occur to meet the ship date and customer paid quite dearly but we always did it. These orders always went through our manual booths. Guns, lines, tanks all had to be purged and cleaned prior/post. A lot of extra work on the floor plus I had to create special one off operation numbers and instructions...also had to go to the floor to verify the job start to drying booth. Learned a lot...don't get me started on shades of gray or blue.