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2. To solve the above-mentioned problem,

Tue Dec 13, 2011, 12:34 PM

Dec 2011

To solve the above-mentioned problem, you can heat the space for a few days first to get the wall warm. Then it should be good for paint.

If you have one, a handheld IR thermometer will give you the temperature of the wall. They look like this: http://www.amazon.com/GSI-Professional-Non-Contact-High-Temperature-Thermometer/dp/B004HMI1IA

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Painting, at what temp? [View all] NMDemDist2 Dec 2011 OP

Not really. oneshooter Dec 2011 #1

To solve the above-mentioned problem, jeff47 Dec 2011 #2

hmmmm, the walls are probably warmer than that NMDemDist2 Dec 2011 #3

Are you painting cinder block? pipoman Dec 2011 #4

yes, but it's a repaint situation NMDemDist2 Dec 2011 #5

The Sherwin Williams people should know.. pipoman Dec 2011 #6

Too cold and the paint counterintuitively dries too fast. TheMadMonk Jan 2012 #7