There's a rule of thumb that if a paint is made to work at 70 degrees every drop of 10 degrees will result in a 15% difference. so say gel time is set at 300 at 70 and now it is 60 the gel equivalent would now be 345 if humidity stays the same. Net result, the product is slower by 15% and if 80 degrees the product would be faster by 15%.
The cold has hit GA with snow and we made a batch of 5000 yesterday for testing last night and will fill today.
I run two gel tests one in the manufacturing part and one in kitchen, why as I show you the results that will explain. We keep all areas 70 degrees 24 /7 so iso's and polyols don't thicken up but the manufacturing part has 24-foot ceilings so humidity is always higher than in the office and with the cold it was down to 68 degrees this morning in the higher ceiling part.
So here are the test results.
Kitchen 239 gel (no reducer as that extends the gel) 72 degrees and 30% humidity.
Shop 265 at 68 degrees and 70% humidity
Old math or new math that is a 10% difference+.
Just thought this might be interesting.
The cold has hit GA with snow and we made a batch of 5000 yesterday for testing last night and will fill today.
I run two gel tests one in the manufacturing part and one in kitchen, why as I show you the results that will explain. We keep all areas 70 degrees 24 /7 so iso's and polyols don't thicken up but the manufacturing part has 24-foot ceilings so humidity is always higher than in the office and with the cold it was down to 68 degrees this morning in the higher ceiling part.
So here are the test results.
Kitchen 239 gel (no reducer as that extends the gel) 72 degrees and 30% humidity.
Shop 265 at 68 degrees and 70% humidity
Old math or new math that is a 10% difference+.
Just thought this might be interesting.
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