How cold is too cold?
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DogRescuer
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My cut off is 40 and sunny.
Desertnate
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What type of environment will you be working in?
My garage is unheated, but two of the walls are shared with the house. When I close the door and turn on my shop lights, they will easily raise the temps in the garage by roughly 10 degrees. With this in mind, I've washed and clayed a vehicle in some pretty chilly temps and then quickly pulled it into the garage after drying and closed the door. The garage is typically a bit warmer than the outside temps and then with the extra heat from the lights, I have a bit more flexibility when considering temps.
My garage is unheated, but two of the walls are shared with the house. When I close the door and turn on my shop lights, they will easily raise the temps in the garage by roughly 10 degrees. With this in mind, I've washed and clayed a vehicle in some pretty chilly temps and then quickly pulled it into the garage after drying and closed the door. The garage is typically a bit warmer than the outside temps and then with the extra heat from the lights, I have a bit more flexibility when considering temps.
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Good point. Outdoors.
EyesofThunder
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Its 16F out, is it worth trying anything? At least sunny. Outdoors is all I get.
FUNX650
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Perhaps trying some Vodka?
{Unless it, too, is frozen; then it’s definitely
too cold to do anything that’s even remotely
considered to be Detailing!}
Bob
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It was 16F this morning so I went outside for 3 hours and cut wood. Came into the garage and cleaned up the M4 with rinseless Detailer, garage is 47 (heated it) .looks good. Below 40 your compound n sealant might get a bit viscous. Send an email to manufacture and see if the properties change .
UncleDavy
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For compounding, polishing, sealing or waxing I would say it has to be at least 40 F. Anything colder than that, the chemicals don't seem to flow so well. For 2 bucket washing, rinseless or waterless, my experience has been 20 F and above as long as you are working in direct sunlight. Anything colder than 20 F and the product will freeze on the surface.