Temperature Requirements

MDPotter

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I am looking ahead and deciding how much painting to do in the next few months. It's still mid 90's here in western Colorado, but cooler temps are on the way and I haven't even started filler work yet. I would like to know how long I need to maintain a minimum temperature for each of these SPI products:
- Unreduced epoxy (65 degrees, 24 hours?)
- Reg Build 2K (60 degrees, 4 hours?)
- Reduced epoxy (sealer)
- Base coat
- Universal clear

I have a metal building with a paint booth inside it and the only heat source is a wood stove (don't worry, all fumes are exhausted to the outdoors so they don't even come close to the stove). So as I get into fall and winter, I don't have a good way of keeping the booth warm for very long after daylight. I won't be doing any painting in winter, but maybe into late Fall and early Winter. If the shop is getting down to 45 or lower overnight, I won't be doing any bodywork.
 
Nothing you can't overcome with the wood stove.
Plan A, try to get the metal temp up and shoot everything by 10-11 am, so you can keep heat to it all-day and fill wood stove when closing up and that will get the curing process well underway.
Epoxy is the most significant concern, the rest we can just let set longer to compensate for the temp.

This is a tricky deal, so you and I may need to be on the phone before the application of all the products.
 
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