Painting Garage Door - In Winter

[aidan24]

What are the problems with painting my garage door (exterior) in the winter?

[Pete_Coach]

The paint will freeze before it dries?
The material will not absorb the paint.
The material may be damp.
The paint may not take hold.
Your fingers may turn blue.
:)

[GTT1]

Paint should not be applied to exterior unless you are going to have at least 24 hrs of constant above 50 degree temperature and preferable 72 hrs. You might get away with it if it stays above 40 but I would not do this unless you had to for cosmetic purposes.

[TrevorK]

I believe the paint can will also tell you what minimum temperature to apply the paint at, and I would just go by that.

[boyoflondon]

Is this even a serious question?

[Tacoma]

Is this even a serious question?


+1

We're talking a Toronto winter, right? If so, with all due respect to the OP and unless I'm missing something here, the answer is pretty obvious.

[speeeeee]

Simple dont paint in the winter... Common sense really

[aidan24]

Sorry, let me clarify, the house is located in northern ontario, basically winter type conditions throughout.

Anyone have experiences dealing with this?

[HeRCeGoVaC]

You CAN paint in cold weather as long as the temperature does not drop below 35°F.

ICI (glidden) Dulux exterior can be applied or Sherwin Williams (a100?) . Watch the dew and depending on the color coverage apply a light 1st coat and the next day apply your final coat. ( all varies on what temperature you will have )

[stealth]

Or tarp it off and use propane heaters to warm things enough to allow to dry.

[woof]

Latex/water based paints can't be used at temperatures close to freezing as has been pointed out. Oil/solvent based paints probably can be used but you'd have to check in to it. I noticed that when they replaced my gas meter outside last winter when they finished up they repainted all the pipes going to it with some kind of solvent paint. This was in January and it was at least -15 at the time. However I would recommend staying with latex if you can get a warm enough day.

[l69norm]

....Oil/solvent based paints probably can be used but you'd have to check in to it. ...

I've tried this before - regular oil base paint will not work in cold weather. It would need to be specially formulated for cold weather. The regular oil based paint goes thick and goopy and will not go on smooth.

OP, the other thing you need to watch out for is moisture in the wood. The wood needs to be dry. Any water frozen in the wood will pop it's way out when it thaws.

Also, it's hard to dry out wood in cold weather.