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Re: Looking for advice from experience painters
If you're using catalyzed products, you really need to be mindful of lower temps. And what the fully cured window is. The curing process for some products can slow down significantly. Below 60°F. ( epoxies/polyesters love heat ) Some products may continue to cure very slowly. And finish curing once the temps come back up. Some will stop curing completely if they get to cold. And will not finish cross linking, even when temps come back up again.
1k products can be more forgiving of lower than ideal temperatures.
You don't necessarily need to heat your whole garage to an ideal temp. But create a micro climate for the part your working on.
If your painting small parts/brackets. Hang them in front of a smaller heater or heat lamps between coats and your final hard flash. If you're doing bigger parts/panels. Tent them after spraying and run a small space heater to keep them at temp, if needed.
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