The temp in my work shop reached 110 degrees yesterday and today. Too hot for appling finish or anything else. Stayed inside the house and played. My wife has yet to consent to a shop in the house and will never consent to allow me to air condition my garage.

Scott
Poway (San Diego Co.) CA.

I just looked on my work bench and it is still 89 degrees. Still to hot !



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 07/22/2005 12:21AM by Scott Mumford.

Scott I have the same problem here in OZ during summer. I apply the finish and it turns to water and then starts setting up before I can fix up the mess. Now I apply the finish inside with the aircon on when the wifes out.

Scott I would apply my finish around midnight when the temp should be in the 70's to 80;s
Good Wraps Bob Scott you also have a hidden email address

I would go to the bar and have a few drinks when its too hot to finish(what else is there to do?).After a few trips and so withdrawls on the old debit card the wife may reconsider the move to a cooler location or even let you air condition the shop.Either way you win,right??

Freddwhy (Rapt-Ryte)

You could try to thin the finish. The thinner it is, it will tend to release mosture and bubbles faster. This will also slow down the setting time Experiment. That is hot!!??
If the garage is part of the house, maybe you could put a fan in a window ? and try to pull the air from the house in. After it gets cooller, turn it off?

Put the epoxy into the fridge for some time, I dunno, maybe an hour. This should cool the epoxy enough to give you more working time. In the Winter, we do the opposite - putting the Resin into teh Microwave to heat it up, placing the mixing cup into a thing of warmer water to heat it up & get it to flow. Just do teh opposite with cold water, I assume it might work.

All I know is when I painted cars, in really hot and muggy weather we had to mix paint with the slowest thinner or reducer possible, then even add a retarder to slow it more. This way the mosture had a chance to escape from the paint and not get traped in it.
In those temperatures it may be better to use Classic Coat, I think it is the slowest setting on the market?
That or get an air conditioner? Try what Billy said, maybe it will be enough.

Start putting together plans to build an air conditioned shop. Contact some contractors and see about getting some estimates. Make sure that the plan calls for something big, ugly and obtrusive. When she figures out what you are doing, the compromise of air conditioning the garage will make much more sense to her and she will win by talking you out of the shop.

Just ol' Uncle Steve trying to help (who fired the last dream-killer back in '83).

I don't think reducers well work , to hot,you can try. I have used Aceton when it is in the 80's. My mix for that was 3 eye droppers of Aceton to one once of Flex Coat . Never used it when it is 100 plus. You have to watch out using a fan because the air flow well cause dust to fly.
Good Wraps Bob