Painting in maine

[joesquid]

I'm in the process off restoring a vendo 63 and sprayed two coats of black to the compressor base.  30 minutes later I went to the garage to check on the paint as I noticed the outside temp had dropped considerably (awaiting a big Nor'Easter here in Brunswick, Maine).  The temp had dropped low and fast enough that the paint cracked all over the compressor base.......guess I'm not in Florida anymore!!  '>

[MoonDawg]

Hmmmmmmm......so that's why paint cans have  a recommended spraying temperature printed on the label.
                                            Thanks for sharing

[sodaworks]

joesquid,
  You may want to invest in a propane heater to preheat your garage prior to painting. This works good for me during the winter. Just be sure to shut it off while fumes are airborne.

[BryanH]

Eric - I used to live in Burlington, VT.  I know what you mean about the radical weather change.  The locals used to love to tell us transplants "if you don't like the weather, just wait 5 minutes!".  In the meantime, at least you can sand in any temp?

[BrianB]

Sorry to hear that Eric!! I had the very same prob with the weather here in Indiana vs. San Diego. One minute it's 68 degrees and a little overcast and then 45 minutes later the temp nosedives 20 degrees and everything is ruined. I guess (I know!) I took the weather back home in San Diego for granted....

Maybe you could take your compressor base to BIW and have them powdercoat it.....They'd never notice....Just throw in a job into the CSMP.....LOL. '>

Last fall I ended up buying a propane heater for the garage, definitely one of my better investments