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  • Member since
    July 2012
  • From: Douglas AZ
Hot paint. WAY TO HOT!!!
Posted by littletimmy on Monday, June 5, 2017 6:15 PM

So I just got home from work and stepped into our storage shed (where my modeling stuff is )and discovered to my horror that its 124% in there.

Two cans of spray paint have "released their souls" into the modeling beyond and all over my rototiller!

I'm open to ANY suggestions on how to keep paint cool. ( Even crazy ideas will be considered.)

Just so you know, I keep the spray cans on the lowest shelf. About 4 in off the floor.

 

P.S. One tye-dyed rototiller for sale.... mostly red.... with some black and metallic blue "clouds" all over it.

 Dont worry about the thumbprint, paint it Rust , and call it "Battle Damage"

  • Member since
    July 2004
  • From: Sonora Desert
Posted by stikpusher on Monday, June 5, 2017 6:52 PM

Storing your model stuff in an outdoor shed is not a good idea. As you have learned, the climate control is pretty non existent. Prolonged hot weather spells can potentially warp parts, and humidity will destroy your decal sheets. Move your stuff indoors into a more hospitable environment. 

 

F is for FIRE, That burns down the whole town!

U is for URANIUM... BOMBS!

N is for NO SURVIVORS...

       - Plankton

LSM

 

  • Member since
    November 2003
  • From: State of Mississippi. State motto: Virtute et armis (By valor and arms)
Posted by mississippivol on Monday, June 5, 2017 7:41 PM
Yeah, outside like that, you just can't control it unless you can stick an a/c unit there. Best to put it in the house. I would like to see a pic of that tiller!
  • Member since
    July 2012
  • From: Douglas AZ
Posted by littletimmy on Monday, June 5, 2017 8:12 PM

At the moment there is no inside the house. We havent built it yet. We are currently living in a 36 foot fifth wheel trailer thats pretty packed as it is.

There is no electricity, we are running on a small generator at the moment and thats shut off at night.

We just finished the septic tank and the house will have a foundation in august... I hope.

The rest of the house should be done by december - ish ?

We do have a propane refridgerator that runs 24 hours a day but I think putting paint in there  would be just as bad.

The trailer does'nt get as hot BUT  space is at a premium. I Will attempt to make some space.

Once the house is done the shed is mine to do with as i please. I wont have air conditioning untill then.... too many bills come first.

The tiller I can clean. But it looks SOOOO Cool! 

 Dont worry about the thumbprint, paint it Rust , and call it "Battle Damage"

  • Member since
    July 2004
  • From: Sonora Desert
Posted by stikpusher on Monday, June 5, 2017 9:29 PM

In that case, look for a friend or relative who can store your model stuff in a controlled environment. Since it sounds like a storage rental unit is not an option. Summer has not even started yet. It will get hotter over the next few months.

 

F is for FIRE, That burns down the whole town!

U is for URANIUM... BOMBS!

N is for NO SURVIVORS...

       - Plankton

LSM

 

  • Member since
    July 2014
Posted by modelcrazy on Monday, June 5, 2017 9:51 PM

I'm with Stick. A friend, family neighbor or closet sized climate controled storage unit. I don't know what your stash looks like but if it were mine I could rent a small storage unit for a couple years and not equal the replacement cost of the kits, decals and paint.

Steve

Steve

Building a kit from your stash is like cutting a head off a Hydra, two more take it's place.

 

 

http://www.spamodeler.com/forum/

  • Member since
    July 2012
  • From: Douglas AZ
Posted by littletimmy on Monday, June 5, 2017 10:36 PM

A climate controlled storage unit is probably the way i'm going to go.It's only going to be for a few months so it wont break the bank.

I was so panicked about this that I couldnt Think of anything other than a fridge full of paint!

Thanks guys! Sometimes a different set of eyes really does work!

MRS. Little Timmy says " The tiller must be returned to the factory stock paint  RIGHT NOW!!!

( If it had been green paint I could have sold her on it.)

 

 Dont worry about the thumbprint, paint it Rust , and call it "Battle Damage"

  • Member since
    November 2009
  • From: Twin Cities of Minnesota
Posted by Don Stauffer on Tuesday, June 6, 2017 9:24 AM

I can remember when high nitro content glow fuel became a rage for U-control flyers.  That stuff was dangerous at high temps, so some of the guys used to store it in their yards, digging up a pit and burying it under soil.

 

Don Stauffer in Minnesota

  • Member since
    January 2013
Posted by BlackSheepTwoOneFour on Tuesday, June 6, 2017 9:25 AM

littletimmy

So I just got home from work and stepped into our storage shed (where my modeling stuff is )and discovered to my horror that its 124% in there.

Two cans of spray paint have "released their souls" into the modeling beyond and all over my rototiller! 

 

Heh... that was you first mistake storing rattle cans in the shed.

  • Member since
    May 2013
  • From: Indiana, USA
Posted by Greg on Tuesday, June 6, 2017 9:51 AM

I'm curious, are you new to AZ?

  • Member since
    July 2012
  • From: Douglas AZ
Posted by littletimmy on Tuesday, June 6, 2017 7:15 PM

Hi Greg, yes we moved here 8 months ago from Winnemucca NV.

Summers were hotter in Winnemucca 120% For days was not uncommon and I never had these problems with paint.

Winters were worse neg. 30 % for 3 weeks straight!

Thats why we moved, winter here is only 20% at the worst.

 Dont worry about the thumbprint, paint it Rust , and call it "Battle Damage"

  • Member since
    May 2013
  • From: Indiana, USA
Posted by Greg on Tuesday, June 6, 2017 7:58 PM

I see. Still, big latitude change. And wow, you're about as far south in AZ as you can go!

Thanks for satisfying my curiousity, and I hope the move works out great for you.

  • Member since
    July 2012
  • From: Douglas AZ
Posted by littletimmy on Tuesday, June 6, 2017 9:07 PM

Greg

 And wow, you're about as far south in AZ as you can go!

 

 

LOL Yeah I figured if the world ends it's only a 5 min walk to south america.

My co-workers are trying to teach me spanish but so far I only know enough to get beat up!

 Dont worry about the thumbprint, paint it Rust , and call it "Battle Damage"

  • Member since
    May 2013
  • From: Indiana, USA
Posted by Greg on Wednesday, June 7, 2017 11:15 AM

Smile

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