Painting Question

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Long story short im trying to prime my Z in a garage. The weathors been realy cold and rainy and is going to be so for about 2 weeks according to Yahoo.com. i only have the garage for a certin amount of time so waiting isnt an option. I need to use some type of heater to make sure the paint dries nicely but i know using certen types of space heaters near paint fumes is a bad idea. Anyone have any ideas on what i can do/use? Thanks


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don't try using heaters while painting, get the paint area up to temperature turn them off then paint, once the paint is tack's you can turn the heater back on

also using a catalyzed paint will mean it's going to dry no matter the temp, and when you buy your reducer buying a fast reduccer will speed up the cure time

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uhm, yeah, don't forget to cover your heater with something non-flamable while painting, the overspray dust could ignite if it's inside your heater. I would personally wait for better weather.

Not that I know crap about painting...


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