does cold weather affect the ease of removing paint

Anonymous-0 · Feb 28, 2013

i have a 49' ac c that im restoring, back in late summer when i started to work on it i had wire wheeled some parts to remove the paint. when i had some free time in early feb i tried to wire wheel the torque tube i was having a tough time getting the paint to come off, i was using a 6" and a 4 1/2" wire wheel it seemed to me like it wasnt coming off like i remembered it did in late summer, i was in an unheated garage and the temp was in the mid to high 20's this week i had some spare time after work and the weather was in the 40's i tried the wire wheels again and the paint came off easier, so does the air temp affect the removal of paint?

showcrop · Feb 28, 2013

If you were using a paint remover like oven cleaner I could tell you yes, temp makes a big difference. For wire brushing I would think that the more brittle the paint is as in colder, it would come off better.

Stephen Newell · Mar 1, 2013

I think unless you are using solvents, temperature wouldn't make enough difference to talk about. For mechanically stripping metal, I've had pretty good luck with a silicon carbide paint stripping wheel on a angle grinder. The best is sand blasting. Paint and varnish remover works good too but needs warm weather. It practically stops working below 70 degrees.

kylemorley · Mar 1, 2013

Rule of thumb is that just about ANY chemical reaction - paint drying, stripper stripping, bread dough rising - doubles its speed for every 10 degree C increase in temperature.

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