Paint in the cold

dominicbeesley · Feb 24, 2013

Tried painting my odd-coloured door top today bloody thick in the cold weather even after leaving the door top and tin of paint in front of the halogen heater....

is it worth trying to thin the paint with thinners before applying or will that just make a bad job worse?

Chassis paint went on lovely though...half tempted to paint the whole sodding thing black!

Rattlegun · Feb 24, 2013

It int half annoying that its bloody difficult to paint in project season!

Into the kitchen with it.

samc88 · Feb 24, 2013

I've heard that if you stand the paint tin in warm (not boiling) water it makes the paint go on with a better finish. IIRC it was in one of the old LRO practical sections when they were painting up a series 3

thought it was mine! · Feb 24, 2013

at lot of paints are temp reliant. Put them on when to cold and they flat or break down quicker warming the paint is a good idea but when it hits the cold metal your back to square one. Should always check the data sheets for temps to apply

dominicbeesley · Feb 25, 2013

Not a chance of sneakin that bugger into the kitchen. Looks like I'll have to put up witha **** paint job until the weather gets a bit warmer then...

Paint in the cold

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