TheSneeze wrote on 03/19/23 at 08:45:10:The instructions for the paint say it must be over 50 degrees F to cure, and it take 24 hours to fully cure. Since Spring is right around the corner, I have decided to wait for warmer temps.
I feel your pain!
I have been fighting the same issue for coating a trailer floor with bedliner - the finish can't drop below 50 for 24 hours after coating. The temperature needs to be warm if you ever want the epoxy to cure. The fumes also need you to have good ventilation.....and they want you to work indoors so that the bedliner does not receive any direct sunlight or get debris blown onto the surface as it stays sticky for a very long time. The bedliner takes 2 coats with 4 hours between - so it had to be a day that stayed warm all day.
I finally had a Sunday with temperatures in the middle 60's and little wind. I was able to get it done and it looks good. My shop is heated with an outdoor boiler so I could keep it warm once the application was done - but my garage was really toxic smelling with the doors closed. I couldn't stand to go into my garage or work in the trailer for days after the finish was applied. The finish takes a week to fully cure and I would open the doors/windows periodically to let the place air out.....thankfully my garage is 100 feet away from the house and not attached - or that smell would have been in the house.
Spring is coming......you will get a good weather day soon!