I work out of the south east michigan area and now that the temperatures in the mornings are dropping to lows in the 40's and 50's, hotline is not working out for me. Even when storing it in indoors at room temp. Has anyone used this extended season paint? How is its sprayability? And are there any known distributors in this area I can grab a 5 to try it out? Thanks
Ennis extended season
Discussion in Striping & Marking started by Ryeguy8150 (unclaimed legacy handle), Sep 15, 2015. 4 replies, last reply Oct 1, 2015.
We once had to stripe a indoor parking garage in temperatures well bellow 40 degrees F. I always thin my oil based paints with 1-2 cups of Lacquer thinner per 5 gal of paint. The way we had to do this garage was premix the paint and then put all the paint in the back of an SUV with the heater cranked full blast. Worked very well but you had to paint fast and not let the machine sit in the cold. The job site also had 2 kerosene jet heaters going inside the place. Brought the temp up to 54 which helped a bit not much. The Best thing about those jet heaters was I could park my Graco close to it, right in its warm air blast to keep the paint warm while I ate lunch or read plans. I have never used Ennis extended season. I do like Ennis Semi gloss paint and water based paint. Both spray very well. I always strain my water based before I use it on a job though.
We have used Sherman acetone down to around 35 degrees with no problem and still had a decent dry time. We didn't do anything to heat except keeping the paint in a heated area overnight. If we depended only on water base we would have a very short season on the western slope of Colorado.
Yeah we use oil base around 70% of the time. We are getting shopping mall and some factory bids that require specifically waterbase, both restripe which is crazy. Hot line just seems to just spray really funky even after being heated all night. I used aexell waterbase before in the cold and worked fine, but the color is just awful
Water and cold don't mix, and having to keep paint warm in the truck is ridiculous. At that point I'd tell the client that the work would have to wait till spring. The easiest thing would be to switch to acetone and keep on painting in the colder temps
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