propane and paint
 

does anyone know if propane burns clean enough to lower the humidity and raise the temperature in my shop so i can paint my 20 master angler?

Re: propane and paint
 

I would strongly recommend not burning anything with
paint fumes in the air..
Boom, boom !

See ya, Ken

Re: propane and paint
 

It's funny you say that, cause it seems like a lot of good painters have spent there whole life burning something...lol

Re: propane and paint
 

It stays that cold in SE GA all the time? In all seriousness, I would not do that, we would see you land somewhere off the coast down here!

Re: propane and paint
 

There is just a ridiculous amount of vapor with some paints When I was new at the boat game I painted a hatch cover in my basement with awlgrip. I had my respirator on. When I went upstairs and took it off I had to leave the house for the whole night!

Re: propane and paint
 

I started off using petit primer,then one coat of bikini blue, then I wasn't able to get back to it till about a month ago.At 50 degrees it takes 6 hours to dry to the touch,they dont make an accelerator for it.I wish I had used awlgrip,I've got the first coat sanded down to recieve 2nd coat and I asked on this forum about puttin awlgrip on top of it and the replys said i'd be taking a chance.Thats ok cause for 50 bucks I picked up an old bonito with a great trailer and a good late 70s evinrude that the guy said he didn' know if it ran or not,got it home took the plugs out, sprayed some sea foam in it and it cranked right up.I've got the transom and the guts out of it.So soon somebody will have a decent fishihg boat and I will have got paid for doin something I enjoy.

Re: propane and paint
 

Depending on the heater - propane can burn very clean up to 99% Unfortunatly, you cannot get away from water vapor from the combustion. You can always run a de-humidifier at the same time, but unless you are painting with water based paint you won't have a roof or walls to hold the heat in.

Re: propane and paint
 

Tucker is right. Heat from combustion, even clean combustion like propane, produces water vapor as a byproduct. You'll get the temp up, but it won't help on the humidity. You might try some inexpensive electric space heaters. With electric heat, as temperature rises relative humidity will drop as you get the temperature farther above dew point. Might be difficult to keep heat up and keep the shop well ventilated for spraying. Should be less of an issue if you plan to roll and tip.
Dave

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yea i'll be roll and tip,a lot of times i'll just wade in and do it, i'm glad i asked this time THANKS EVERYBODY