Winter Painting

[rexor20]

Hey Guys,

Quick question about spray painting in the winter. It's getting colder here and my garage is now in the 30-40 degrees range. I want to paint my motor while I'm rebuilding it and have it all taken apart.

If I keep the engine parts inside along with the paint cans before painting, and then bring them back inside shortly after painting, will I avoid the whole freezing paint/orange peel issue that comes with painting in the winter? I was also planning on running some space heaters in there before painting but its a 3 car garage so it takes some work to get it warm.

Thanks

 

[SONICJK]

Make yourself a makeshift paint booth (hand plastic from the ceiling) leave your parts in there and heat that. Then paint, air it out, and turn the heaters back on.

But your original idea should work too 8)
Just paint one part at a time so the others don't get too cold.
And heat your paint in a bucket of hot water.

 

[mikeinnh]

Make yourself a makeshift paint booth (hand plastic from the ceiling) leave your parts in there and heat that. Then paint, air it out, and turn the heaters back on.

I've done the plastic sheeting paint booth a few times myself. This was me about a month ago. The round black thing below the work light is a vent to the outside.

 

[rexor20]

Thanks guys,

I think I'm gonna do the plastic booth and just use my garage door track as a frame for the plastic to hang from. I've got two big spaceheaters to run inside there also. The biggest thing I need to paint is the bottom end of the motor so hopefully I don't blow myself up.

 

[SONICJK]

I've done the plastic sheeting paint booth a few times myself. This was me about a month ago. The round black thing below the work light is a vent to the outside.

Damn mike thats a hell of a temp paint booth!

 

[mikeinnh]

Damn mike thats a hell of a temp paint booth!

Yeah, it took a whole lot longer to set it up than it did to shoot the base/clear. : Maybe a bit much for a tank and a couple of fenders, but, my garage is old with a wood floor and an attic above to collect dirt as well. All you have to do is say the word paint and dust starts oozing from every crack. Besides, I had my wood stove going...I had to keep the fumes contained.

 

[rexor20]

So a new issue/development in my winter painting.


I painted the jugs this weekend but got the paint TOO hot in a bucket of water. It came out like a dry dust.

I used Duplicolor engine enamel which says I can recoat again after 7 days. Some of it stuck but a lot of the paint can be brushed off with a toothbrush like sawdust. Can I just lay a final coat on it after 7 days that will be nice and glossy? Obviously I'll remove any loose paint that didn't stick.

 

[JRK5892]

awesome way to make a cheap sealed booth is to use the window sealants, they plastic people put over their windows in the winter, 3 or 4 packages for $6 of those and a quick 1x2 frame and your good go to, little space heater in there will warm it up, turn it off when shooting paint, vent, then turn it back on to cure

 

[rexor20]

Bump to the question in post 6