muzman
01-23-2011, 07:34 AM
Hello All,
I am about to start painting again after a 20 years.
Googling around I found lots of articles mentioning do not prime in high humidity. My question is how high is too high?
I am a software developer by trade so tend to think in numbers terms. Has anyone come up with a percentage number that above this number you risk getting a bad prime?
I live in London in a tiny first floor flat I will have to go outside to prime. It is winter and the humidity is quite high on a regular basis.
Currently it is 88% humidity so I think that kills the chance of priming for today.
Article I found about advice on priming in cold weather. The current temperature will not be a problem.
priming in the cold (http://bigleesminipaintingblog.blogspot.com/2010/12/spray-priming-in-cold-weather.html)
It will never be extremely un-humid in London. Any advice from English painters would be great.
yearly averages for London and humidity (http://www.bbc.co.uk/weather/world/city_guides/results.shtml?tt=TT003790)
I am about to start painting again after a 20 years.
Googling around I found lots of articles mentioning do not prime in high humidity. My question is how high is too high?
I am a software developer by trade so tend to think in numbers terms. Has anyone come up with a percentage number that above this number you risk getting a bad prime?
I live in London in a tiny first floor flat I will have to go outside to prime. It is winter and the humidity is quite high on a regular basis.
Currently it is 88% humidity so I think that kills the chance of priming for today.
Article I found about advice on priming in cold weather. The current temperature will not be a problem.
priming in the cold (http://bigleesminipaintingblog.blogspot.com/2010/12/spray-priming-in-cold-weather.html)
It will never be extremely un-humid in London. Any advice from English painters would be great.
yearly averages for London and humidity (http://www.bbc.co.uk/weather/world/city_guides/results.shtml?tt=TT003790)