keeping paint from freezing

Dune Country · Jun 25, 2018

I just moved from a temper claimant where it rarely freezes to a climate where it gets down to 0 sometimes. I have quite a bit of automotive paint.
I have a insulated room in the barn and have a old double wide fridge and was thinking of just leave the lights on in the fridge and use that.
Your thoughts?

JD Seller · Jun 25, 2018

40 watt bulb works about right in an old frig. Used one for years , kept paint and welding rods in it.

ss55 · Jun 26, 2018

Google: Thermo Cube TC-3

Stephen Newell · Jun 26, 2018

Unless it's a waterborne automotive paint it wouldn't hurt for it to freeze. It's heat that will damage a solvent coating. Because of that the paint would last longer if you kept it in a refrigerator.

dr sportster · Jun 26, 2018

I had lacquer in my barn for years through winter and it still sprayed fine.

Goose · Jun 28, 2018

I don't heat my shop when I'm not working in it, and I've never had a problem with petroleum based paint freezing, even though it gets down to zero or colder here. Waterborne might be affected, but I've never gotten into that.

Ken Combs · Jun 28, 2018

The solvents in paints freeze at a temp much lower that water. shouldn't be an issue unless your shop get to -30 or so

Stephen Newell · Jun 28, 2018

Solvent based paints if it did freeze would dissolve back together once it thawed. Waterborne finishes tend to separate when they freeze and don't reconstitute themselves.

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