my paint hates the cold!!!!

[3Dface]

i call enough with the cold for this year.

i can't afford to heat an uninstalled building unless i am working in it. so i thought i would share how i save my paint.

i built these shelves when i didn't use paint often enough to need it in the shop. so i knew i needed to keep warm when i moved it..

the floor and walls are covered with 1/4" Styrofoam and the  divider is a cooler lid that falls 1" from the front cover  to allow for air flow and to keep from over heating the paint.

i use a 25W fluorescent bulb. it's surface holds at a temp you can almost hold in in your hand. a regular bulb would melt the styro.

not having room for swinging doors and the fact 1 door had to be about 7" bigger i made a 2 layer cover for the paint side and just the outer for the other.

 

 

this has worked great all winter.

 

 

[meflick]

Neat idea.  Thanks for sharing that.  Like you, I too am ready for spring.  We keep getting hints of it here in East TN then mother nature throws another tantrum and decides not yet!