Painting: High Humidity

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Painting: High Humidity

Postby jwv630 on Thu May 17, 2018 10:22 am

Hey Guys

Took a few days off work to finish sanding and paint the interior on my Pocketship. I heard that it was a bad idea to paint (or apply epoxy) when it was raining or very high humidity - and it's gonna rain here in Baltimore for the next 3 days. Hold off on the paint? Or hit it now?? Your comments appreciated.....

Jimmy V
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Re: Painting: High Humidity

Postby riverron on Fri May 18, 2018 6:41 am

Jimmy,
Not sure what paint you are using, but from what I have researched, it says to not paint when relative humidity is above 85% and temperature must be 6 degrees above the dew point. Found this on Jamestown Distributors web site. If me, knowing the rain you are getting is about the same in Richmond, I would do some other bench projects. Tiller, rudder, companion way, etc.


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Re: Painting: High Humidity

Postby jwv630 on Fri May 18, 2018 12:10 pm

Ron

Yeah, good call; better safe than sorry. I'm using the Interlux Pre-Cote and Interlux Brightside. Good luck. Jimmy
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