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Tue Feb 24, 2004 8:50 am

I live in Kentucky. I'ts about 55 degrees outside and I have no paint booth. The car is nearly down to bare metal, and I'm working on the little dents. Soon I want to shoot it with some PPG epoxy (DP) and cover that right a way with K36.

How warm does it have to be outside for the primers to "dry" and stick?

Or do I have to weat up my garage and do it in there? I'd rather do it outside because of the fumes.

Thanks

Tue Feb 24, 2004 12:39 pm

Deutsch wrote: I'd rather do it outside because of the fumes.

Thanks

Inside/outside, wear a respriator. Those fumes can cause mess you up somethin terrible.

Tue Feb 24, 2004 5:01 pm

Yes I know, I'll be wearing one anyway. But what about the temperature?

Wed Feb 25, 2004 1:32 am

Aloha you say that you are at 55 degrees.Then guest what? At that temperature the cross linking of isocyanates stops and the paint will not cure. So if you are spraying paint with a hardner in it theres no curing taking place. Even if it was sprayed, and then thinking that by heating it up later that there will be curing, not so. Its best sprayed in a controled environment at that temperature.

Wed Feb 25, 2004 2:22 am

so what is the best temp to shoot primer in?

Wed Feb 25, 2004 11:13 pm

wait until it gets at least 60 ...ive used ppg urethane primer at that with no probs with correct activator