Epoxy layer was soft after coat of poly

I need a heated booth!! Don’t think my wife is going to go for it... :>)

Don

Santa Claus might bring you one. There are ways. I had multiple redneck heating methods from late 80's to 2003 when I put in the downdraft. Trailer house air handlers with heating strips are great and cheap. I used them in various evolving booth engineering for years. Hell I got one now I put casters on and a drop cord. We plug it into a 220V welder outlet now for a portable heater. OH, and one of my guys put a piece of plywood ontop and now it's a heater and work table. But I digress.......
 
I need a heated booth!! Don’t think my wife is going to go for it... :>)

Don

I picked up a Senville minisplit for my garage. It heats and cools, so I have it set at 70 degrees, Best money I've spent on my garage! I actually had to turn it off for a few days so I could test E-85 cold starts on my truck LOL
 
Here is my poor man’s downdraft heated booth. I prop the booth door open 45 degrees and let the shop heater blow warm air through the booth and out the man door. :>). I close the doors, shoot and then open them again. Works pretty good but I only do it when shooting primer. Base and clear wait for warmer days.

Don
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I thought I would post a follow up. After a couple weeks I went back to that part, it sanded properly and is cured. Being that this part is pot metal, it may have been easier to scrape off using my finger nail versus if it was steel.
 
I thought I would post a follow up. After a couple weeks I went back to that part, it sanded properly and is cured. Being that this part is pot metal, it may have been easier to scrape off using my finger nail versus if it was steel.
Pot metal is actually going to take longer to warm and shorter time to cool, that is why they use aluminum for heat sinks. So I guess we add that to our list of making sure we check the temperature of the entire car before deeming it warm enough to use SPI. WE have been waiting 2 weeks for a coat to cure on the camaro. Got a gas fired heater going all the time, it stays 80 degrees, but absolutely zero humidity in the air that we need to address next.

Hate making the call, but just need to get something that will dry in a day other than a 1:1 mix. Working on too many projects at one time waiting for epoxy to get hard just means we get none done.
 
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