Painting when the temperature goes down below freezing at night.

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Painting when the temperature goes down below freezing at night.

by Anonymous

Can you paint the outside of your house if the temperatures at night & most of the day is below freezing. My painter is trying to get me to let him paint the house, but I think it is too cold in north Ga. right now. It has been very wet & very cold. I want to wait until it doesn't go to freezing at night & is at least 50 degrees during the day. What do I do.

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Answered by Karl Crowder, Crowder Painting from Colorado Springs, Colorado

Painting in this cold weather could ruin your paint job. When paint freezes it looses its adhesion and becomes very brittle even powdery. What could have been a lasting paint job end up failing in a few months.

Wail until the weather is better, warmer and dryer.

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