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Painting in AZ heat = terrible job
AMDman13:
So, today I came home and began painting my 3rd coat with Rustoleom black satin. I started by sanding down my second coat with 400 grit sandpaper ( I have been going through 220 - 320 and now 400) Man this thing was looking smooth as glass.
To make a long story short don't paint in the heat! The temp outside was at least 113 today and in the garage probably even more. I would roll on a layer and by the time I rewet my roller it was beginning to dry on me. Now this thing has roller streaks all over the place. Not to mention the paint is thicker in areas than others. Then to top it off 2 flys landed in my tackey dry surface...
Looks like I will be sanding back down to the 220. :hissy:
DaveMMR:
I had to actually move my cabinet indoors to paint for that very reason. I'm still not doing a great job, but at least it's for a totally different reason.
MYX:
Yeah, on my first coat, I made the mistake of trying to paint outside too. Sand and repaint my friend. Paint in your garage at night. For like 2 bucks you can get some .4 mil plastic sheeting and make a little paint booth. Will it keep all dust and bugs out, no, but it will keep most of em out if you are cafeful not to go in and out a lot.
Check out This Post You will see my paint booth. I live in Georgia and there are LOTs of bugs and Pollen. I only had 2 bug incidents, and it was mostly my fault for keeping the front flap of the paint room open. I say mostly a wreckless flying I am sure had something to do with it.
javeryh:
I know what you mean - I painted all of the closet doors in the house this past weekend and I brought each one outside to lay flat and so the fumes wouldn't bother the baby. It was hovering around 100 and they didn't come out as nice as they should have... Oh well.
somunny:
I don't know how you do it, man! I can barely stand being in our garage for ten minutes. I've taken up inside projects to pass my first summer in AZ. ;)
Steve
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