My shop is a pole barn.

Not real easy to add efficient A/C.

I just work and sweat.

__________________
"I'm a sandman. I've never killed anyone. I terminate runners when their time is up." Logan from "Logan's Run"

http://sandmandecals.com/

Well, Gordy, you need to make you a paint booth/room in the barn and A/C it. I know, a lot easier said than done, right? But with your considerable talents, you should be able to make it happen!
What's a pole barn---or---is it different than a standard barn?

Allen

A "Pole Barn" refers to the way the building is built.

Instead of a foundation and 2 x 4 walls a pole barn it based on a bunch of pressure treated poles (6" x 6" and 6" x 8") set in bored holes in the ground and filled with cement set on 8 foot center then linked with 2 x 4's run horizontally between the pole.

Trusses are placed on top for the roof, siding is nailed to the sides and a poured concrete floor.

Pretty cheap construction really and you get a lot of space for a relatively cheap outlay of cash.

Mine was a kit I purchased in 1985.

__________________
"I'm a sandman. I've never killed anyone. I terminate runners when their time is up." Logan from "Logan's Run"

http://sandmandecals.com/

The sweat adds to the durability of machined balsa pieces - not to mention the aromatic nature of freshly delivered cones.

__________________
Gravity is a harsh mistress
SAM 002
NAR 91005
"The complexity of living is eminently favored to the simplicity of not."

@ Sandman...That pretty groovy man. Unfortunately for some of us, we have our shops inside our homes where no painting can be done. Too bad I don't own this property or I'd have an out building / shop here. I already have the spare AC.

Interesting description...

If this is true, then raising the latent heat of the paint would help or even eliminate the problem--

Put the paint can into hot water for a few minutes to increase the heat of the paint inside it. That way, when it's sprayed out of the can and expands, it cools, but not below the dew point of the outside air, eliminating the condensation problem. Bringing cans from a cooler/colder environment into the hot humid outside air would exacerbate the problem, having exactly the opposite effect of heating the can.

Additionally, heating the can somewhat would raise the propellant vapor pressure and should result in a finer spray droplet size and wider pattern, and have a slight effect at reducing the viscosity of the paint.

I know it really helps to dunk a can of freon in hot water before/while putting it into a car AC system... the hot freon boils off easier and has a higher vapor pressure in the can, forcing it into the AC system faster. (Freon cans will completely frost over to the liquid level sometimes when putting it into an empty AC system). I typically set the can on either a heater hose, radiator hose, or the manifold to thoroughly heat the can and force as much freon out into the system as I possibly can before disconnecting it as well...

Interesting ideas! OL JR

__________________
The X-87B Cruise Basselope-- THE Ultimate Weapon in the arsenal of Homeland Security and only $52 million per round!