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Old 01-30-2003, 10:11 PM   #1
Sharon Knettell Sharon Knettell is offline
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Paint and temperature




I recently had my house painted. The painters rushed to finish before the weather turned cold. I queried them. They said you should never paint in weather or store your paints in temperatures below 47o. They were using a combination of akyld (oil based) and acrylic paint.

Interested in my own situation, vis-a-vis acrylics, I called the technical support people at www.goldenpaints.com to query them about my use of acrylics in cold temperatures. They said do not do it! Not below 49o! This company has one of the best tech supports around, this according to Ross Merrill, head conservator of the National Gallery of Art. I would suspect this is true of alkyds and oil paints. Prolonged exposure to cold temperatures can affect the chemistry of paint. Do not store it in the refridgerator, If you can find me factual verifiable, information to the contrary let me know.

Your Liquin is toast, do not use it.

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