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lorbay

lorbay

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OK I see a lot of people saying that it is too cold for their ca finishing, I have never had a problem with this so far nor do I want to. So the question is when is too cold too cold. I keep my shop at around 55 to 65 is this why I don't get problems.??

Lin.
 
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From what I can understand, the colder it is, the slower it is to set. That is only my understanding thus far, so I too can afford to be further educated. My shop is 65 to 70 deg all year (being inside the house). I've only been turning for a year, so I haven't had CA go bad, nor do I freeze it. I know some folk keep it forzen and do not have any issues. I'll be curious to see the additional answers you get.
 
In my experience, it's the slower setting time of the CA at temps below 60 F that present the problems. If you can overcome that, than there should be no problems.
 
Monty said:
In my experience, it's the slower setting time of the CA at temps below 60 F that present the problems. If you can overcome that, than there should be no problems.
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Charles
 
I had this problem for the first time about a week ago. But, it was COLD. 20s outside and probably no higher than 30s in my shop. I borrowed a kerosene heater to get a little heat in there and the problem went away. The thing was, I had done 3 slims (sold for Christmas) and they looked fine when I took them off the lathe. An hour or two after I had assembled them, the looked like crap. No extra kits, so I had to disassemble them and sand them back down to bare wood.
 
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