Vallejo paint and cold temps...

[Soothand]

I ordered a set of paints from New Wave (thanks for the quick reply guys!) but now I\'m starting to worry.
It\'s freaking cold up here (getting down to -34c at night) and I\'m afraid my paints will freeze solid.
Does anyone know if they\'ll be damaged by freezing?

 

[MaestroOfMayhem]

Do you paint outside? If so just keep them in the house when they aren\'t in use. At 21*C (room temp) they should stay liquid. Anything lower than about -5*C they should freeze and they can be thawed, I think, and used again.

 

[supervike]

that is freakin\' cold

I have had many of my paints \'freeze\'. I store them in my garage when not in \'painting mode\'.

While I can\'t tell you if this is bad for them, I noticed it does tend to \'evaporate\' the water content a little when thawed out.

I just add a little water once properly thawed and shake the heck of of them. They always seem to revive fine.

Hopefully they keep the delivery truck toasty...

 

[Chrispy]

I thought I\'d have the same problems around here, only it\'s too hot!... I keep them in a dry place, though so I know when their seals are leaking from the vallejo stench. the warm weather seems to seperate them more than usual for some reason.