Painting in Cold Weather
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Topic: Painting in Cold Weather
Posted By: Knight63
Subject: Painting in Cold Weather
Date Posted: 03 Oct 2012 at 7:31am
| Hello Everybody, my dad thought that there might be some problems with painting in colder weather. Is this true? Would I be better off waiting until warm weather comes back? Also, what is the appropriate color of orange for a 53 WD? Thanks a lot. |
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Posted By: DonDittmar
Date Posted: 03 Oct 2012 at 7:45am
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If your are painting when it is cold out, but you are in a heated shop you will be fine. If your outside and its below 55........well good luck------------- Experience is a fancy name for past mistakes. "Great moments are born from great opportunity" 1968 D15D,1962 D19D Also 1965 Cub Loboy and 1958 JD 720 Diesel Pony Start |
Posted By: CTuckerNWIL
Date Posted: 03 Oct 2012 at 8:09am
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Persian Orange 1 is the right color. PPG 60080
------------- http://www.ae-ta.com" rel="nofollow - http://www.ae-ta.com Lena 1935 WC12xxx, Willie 1951 CA6xx Dad bought new, 1954WD45 PS, 1960 D17 NF |
Posted By: Allis-chalmers wd45
Date Posted: 03 Oct 2012 at 8:39am
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I painted my c in the middle of the winter but I had a heated shop make sure you do too or the paint won't adhere properly ... Persian orange #1 ------------- 1946 "C" 1956 "WD45" 1965 "D17" Series IV 1979 185 factory ROPS deutz allis 385 planter |
Posted By: acwdwcman
Date Posted: 03 Oct 2012 at 8:58am
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well darn guess it looks like my wc isn't getting painted this winter ------------- wd with a freeman model 90 trip loader, wd45, 38 unstylled wc, b 10 garden tractor and 2-14 ac trip plow. grandpa has a 56 wd45. wd. allis chalmers snap coupler blade and 3 bottom snap coupler plow |
Posted By: Dave in il
Date Posted: 03 Oct 2012 at 9:22am
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We used to paint nurse tanks at the fertilizer plant down to about 50 degrees, however as long as they ended up white nobody cared too much about the finish. LOL
One day we rolled a pair of tanks outside right after painting them, that afternoon the temp dropped and that night it hit freezing. During the next season the paint flaked off those tanks so bad we had to repaint them again. ------------- AGCO My Allis Gleaner Company |
Posted By: Dipstick In
Date Posted: 03 Oct 2012 at 11:19am
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Also check what temperature range the thinner is formulated for. You wouldn't want to use a slow dry thinner for summer in cool weather. And possibly you might want to use thinner coats with longer drying times between coats. Good luck! ------------- You don't really have to be smart if you know who is! |
Posted By: B26240
Date Posted: 03 Oct 2012 at 4:27pm
| Dipstick hit a important point, if you are using "real paint" instead of "hardware store" paint there are diferent cure times on the reducers available, however there is a limit as to the coolest alowable temp -- your pain supplier can help you out with this. |
Posted By: Stan IL&TN
Date Posted: 03 Oct 2012 at 5:19pm
 ------------- 1957 WD45 dad's first AC 1968 one-seventy 1956 F40 Ferguson |
B26240 wrote:Posted By: Dipstick In
Date Posted: 03 Oct 2012 at 5:40pm
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Stan and the other guys have good points, and should be considered! However, with careful planning it can still be done by paying close attention to the weather and managing your painting to areas you can control. Like for instance, if the weather shows a daytime temp in the 70's and a nighttime drop of 20 degrees, paint early in the day, and paint small enough areas that you can get drying accomplished. Small parts can be taken into a garage or small shed to protect them. A chassis can be tarped to retain heat. It depends on your schedule and time frame. Again Good Luck! ------------- You don't really have to be smart if you know who is! |
Posted By: Knight63
Date Posted: 03 Oct 2012 at 8:03pm
| Thanks alot for the help everybody! I think I'll just wait until next year to be safe. This is the first thing I will be painting so I don't know what I'm doing. |
Posted By: CAdon
Date Posted: 03 Oct 2012 at 10:11pm
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it sure helped me to paint something else first. in my case a little garden tractor & trailer. maybe an implement? i definitely feel better about painting the CA now. there is a learning curve... ------------- 52 CA, 41 B and a little B1 oh, yeah... and an 8N ford snuck in there, too. |