How cold is too cold?

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phishfud

I'm pretty much ready to spray my car, but the weatehr isn't cooperating. Garage is attached to my house, but three sides are exposed, so it is usually about 10-15 degrees warmer than the outside. If I'm lucky, I can usually warm it up to maybe mid 60's with the kerosene heater I have. I know this is rather chilly, but warm enough to spray with fast activator. Problem is, I have to open the door some to get the overspray out, which lets in the cold air as well. One option is to wait till spring and paint when it warms up, or get a nice electric heater that I can leave on while I spray. Either way, what's a temp that it is just too cold to clear? I don't wanna rush this and mess up all the work I've done. Thanks for any advice.
 
The trick is, pre-warm the metal, let heater run about four hours, then shut off and start painting, don't worry about the cold just watch your flash times, when done and all aired out fire the heater up and keep paint warm for four hours.
A Salamander type hear works best in this situation.
 
jc clarks trick of using an electric heating blanket is golden , thank you jim !!! preheat the night before and you'll start out with nice warm metal. 75 degree air is useless shooting on 50 degree metal . i used some old sheets between the heating blanket and surface.
the epoxy had cured for several weeks when i did it.
 
lol!!! Shine has stooped to my level.
(My wife always said I was a bad influence)

I haven't used the blanket in years, but I do use a medium wave heat lamp.
I don't do all overs, most times it's just one or two panels getting painted.
the heat lamp really does a great job.
If it's a piece off the car, like a bumper, I usually take in inside the
house the next day to cure more.
It's not unusual to have a bumper on my living room floor.
(you might be a redneck if...........)
 
i did it last winter jc . needed all day to shoot so half the morning to heat the metal wouldn't work . saved me a few hours of waiting . had 2 old blankets.
 
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