CPES Again

[Rocky]

I know this has been answered a million times before, but how much humidity is acceptable for applying CPES? Not raining, but everything in the garage is damp.

[ 03-21-2003, 08:58 PM: Message edited by: Rocky ]

[thechemist]

Are you talking humididty in the air, which should not make anything damp, or liquid water on things? It may be that you have humid days and cold nights which cause the temperature in your garage to drop below the dew point, thus giving condensation on surfaces in your garage. Thus, it would be raining in your garage at night when you were not there to see it. When you came out in the morning, everything in the garage would be damp.

On the other hand, it may also be that someone who has it in for you is coming over at night and peeing on everything....... :D

[jlapratt]

.......better to be p*ssed off than p*ssed on...... :eek:

[NormMessinger]

Chemist must not know the answer. At least I can't parse it from what he said. tongue.gif I have the impression that CPES is forumlated to penetrate damp wood. I wouldn't be a bit concerned about humidity but I'd want the surface to be treated to be dry. Cleek?

[High C]

Hey Chemist, Come on down here to the Louisiana swamp and I'll show you some soggy sandpaper.

We use mildew to hold our fungus together. It takes about a year for 5200 to cure around here!
:D

[ 03-21-2003, 05:36 PM: Message edited by: High C ]

[thechemist]

Originally posted by NormMessinger:
Chemist must not know the answer. At least I can't parse it from what he said. tongue.gif I have the impression that CPES is forumlated to penetrate damp wood. I wouldn't be a bit concerned about humidity but I'd want the surface to be treated to be dry. Cleek?Chemist was requesting a clarification and restatement of what the problem actually was.

If the wood might be "damp" [moisture-meter-numbers might be nice...to know if the wood was below the fiber-saturation-point], that's one thing. If the CPES was gonna get rained upon the first night, that's another thing.

See, it's like the curious incident of the dog in the nighttime, as Holmes remarked to Watson [Silver Blaize]. The garage is curious. It is supposed to be dry inside a garage. Why is everything damp?

[Rocky]

The dog is my rain gauge and the motorcycle is my moisture meter. Never mind, Professor, when the bike dries I'll do the boat. ;)

[Bob Cleek]

If it is dry enough to paint, it is dry enough to seal with CPES. I guess it does depend on what you call "damp." If you wouldn't lay a coat of enamel or varnish down on it, it's too wet. Of course, I remember when my wife used to ask me to catch the kid's diaper when she thought it might be "damp..." Heh heh heh... Like as not it was always a lot more than just "damp!" LOL

[PilotArt]

Originally posted by High C:
{snip}It takes about a year for 5200 to cure around here!
:D Increased humidity speeds the cure of 3M's 5200!

[Will S.]

the dryer the better. I've used it in less than perfect conditions with good results. Why not call them and ask???