Airbrushing during the Winter/Rainy Season question

To what Mike said. Cold is all relative to where you are at. I was born and raised in the S.F. Bay Area. When I was growing up, cold, really cold, was somewhere around 50 degrees. Now that I have traveled a bit and reside in Illinois, 50 degress in the winter is downright balmy.

Hell, I'll bet if the temp drops below 50 in Hayward, Mike is out there using a blow-dryer on his flowers...

I actually meant to post this earlier but got caught up in a few things. Give us a little better idea of where you are "profile" and we can help a little more.

Regards,

Jeff

It all depends on how cold it is, and what type paints you are using.

What part of the country are you in and how cold does it get? Are you painting in a garage or outside?

I have never had any problems in the past when I airbrushed flat paints in the garage in the winter as they dry so fast. I would however recommend that you try and warm the paint and the model somewhat indoors and then go out in the garage or wherever you want to paint and do it ASAP to avoid the cold. Then bring the model back indoors to cure the paint.

MrClean -

 Can you vent to the outside with that unit. I use a Paasche spray booth that I vent out through a basement window into a window well. I use a metal dryer vent tube and I replaced the right side of the glass window with a plastic window. I then cut out a circular hole, placed a one way vent in the window and attached the metal tubing. When the unit is not in use the one way vent closes. I placed an image below on the set up.

I spray all year round. I also placed clear plastic over the front of the spray booth that covers about 60% of the opening to increase the air draw. When spraying you can not smell anything inside the hobby room.

 

Hmmm... you can try outside, but I think that you'll get some bizarre finishes. I'd recommend movining it inside if you can, but if you can't, get your airbrushing done now! Try later on with an old model with several different paints. Then be the judge if it works or not.