Hi All need some advice on paint storage? In the past I have stored everything inside during the winter, however I’m getting to the point It’s just too much to move. So, I must find a way to keep the paints racks reasonably insulated during the UK cold months. I do have Styrofoam behind the racks, and a new self-sealing roll up door, so it should not be as cold this year, but looking for Ideas, if anyone has some input/ideas I would really like to hear it
Keeping my paints in the garage shop in cold months
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I'd take the water based paints in anyhow. The weather certainly is no longer reliable. The oils should be OK as long as the temps don't get far below freezing.
ya I know your right about the water based, which is much of my paints are every time I look at racks and the weather, I get a bad case of lazy
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There is a horticultural gardening material, some sort of foamed sheet, that is used to protect tender plants when over-wintering, Might work if you pin it to the front of your storage shelves Mike, just a thought ...
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Hi Mog
Good post, I am about to use a modelling room in my garage and may have similar problems although mine are mainly lacquer
Good post, I am about to use a modelling room in my garage and may have similar problems although mine are mainly lacquer
Have you thought of a green house heater to keep the garage above the dew point? The electric ones are tubular oil filled rads with a thermostatic switch so it turns off and on to what you set it. They are usually about 30w per foot in length, and come in various legths.
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Good idea, I have bought 2 thermometers. One I the normal garage and other in the room. So far the modelling room is about 1.5 degrees warmer. Will see if there's any improvement after putting down a rug and left over underlay ( Mexican type )
And as a follow up you can also get parrafin green house heaters, but you need to ensure adequate ventilation.
I have that eva foam flooring and have a oil filled rad on a low setting in my shed. It get's chilly but nothings frozen.
I used an old refrigerator as a paint locker once. Worked out OK.
Adequate insulation in the walls and ceilings is a better place to start.
A portable gas heater can keep it warm in the ice clod winter.
You can also get electric grant House heaters with thermostat control.
Adequate insulation in the walls and ceilings is a better place to start.
A portable gas heater can keep it warm in the ice clod winter.
You can also get electric grant House heaters with thermostat control.
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Thanks Ian, will do more checks and if required look at prices of portable heaters
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Depends on where you do your modelling. It you use part of a garage for modelling it might be best to store your paints indoors and just take out what you need as and when.
Or. Get a flat trace heating element and run it on the surface of the shelf / shelves that the paint sits on. Would only come on at certain temps and certainly far more economical than heating the whole room.
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That's new to me Al, will see I can find more about them
It's normally used to stop water pipes from freezing in the winter. Very useful stuff
The cheapest and most dependable is to keep them in the house. Take the one(s) you need into the shed to spray.
My only other real though is that if the shed is to cold to keep the paints in, it is going to be to cold to spray in as well.
My only other real though is that if the shed is to cold to keep the paints in, it is going to be to cold to spray in as well.