Abstract: In the process of spraying in a cubicle having a water-rinsed rear wall the cubicle waste water is separated by ultrafiltration into permeate and lacquer-containing residue. The permeate is recycled. Fresh spraying composition is fed-in. The lacquer preferably is an alkyd resin, an acrylic resin, a polyvinyl acetate resin, a silicone resin, a copolymer thereof, a mixed polymer thereof or a mixture thereof. The spraying composition comprises a component for preventing coalescence, preferably one or several aliphatic amines having an average molecular weight of 75 to 133 or mixtures or derivatives thereof, and a component for retardation of the drying. If the lacquer is capable of being emulgated or dispersed in water, the spraying composition and/or the cubicle waste water preferably comprises a component for stabilizing the emulsion or dispersion. A component for adjusting the throughput in the ultrafiltration is admixed to the cubicle waste water, preferably a derivative of glycol or of a higher alcohol.