Wait til its warm...
We tried painting in the winter..sometimes it came out good,but most of the time moisture ruined the paint job..it blushed,or it would run so bad,it made getting good coverage nearly impossible..a heated shop is hest,heat lamps help,but dont always cure the problem..
At the junkyard,we had a 275 gallon oil tank on a wheeled platform I made into a giant woodstove..we used to light it up on cold winter days and drag it to the vehicle we were stripping so our hands could thaw out,and keep us from catching pneumonia in the winter!..
We did use that to warm up the sheetmetal and parts before painting with good results,and you could even warm cans of paint on it,if you watched them closely..in fact,it got TOO hot a few times..
We melted the tail light lenses on a Dodge truck we painted the rear quarters on once!..
..trouble with that thing is you had to cut up a whole tree and wait an hour before it threw good heat,and was better off used outside the building..we had a huge quonset hut,and tried using it inside with the overhead doors open..after the fire was down to mostly coals it was bearable,but it was best used out of doors..we tried the "salamander" oil fired heaters,but the diesel fumes made the paint peel easier..and suffocated US in the process.....be aware ANY heat source and paint could = BOOM!..
We tried painting in the winter..sometimes it came out good,but most of the time moisture ruined the paint job..it blushed,or it would run so bad,it made getting good coverage nearly impossible..a heated shop is hest,heat lamps help,but dont always cure the problem..
At the junkyard,we had a 275 gallon oil tank on a wheeled platform I made into a giant woodstove..we used to light it up on cold winter days and drag it to the vehicle we were stripping so our hands could thaw out,and keep us from catching pneumonia in the winter!..
We did use that to warm up the sheetmetal and parts before painting with good results,and you could even warm cans of paint on it,if you watched them closely..in fact,it got TOO hot a few times..
We melted the tail light lenses on a Dodge truck we painted the rear quarters on once!..
..trouble with that thing is you had to cut up a whole tree and wait an hour before it threw good heat,and was better off used outside the building..we had a huge quonset hut,and tried using it inside with the overhead doors open..after the fire was down to mostly coals it was bearable,but it was best used out of doors..we tried the "salamander" oil fired heaters,but the diesel fumes made the paint peel easier..and suffocated US in the process.....be aware ANY heat source and paint could = BOOM!..
