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So, many people have posted on here in the past their experiences with Finecast, models, paint in trunks etc in hot weather. I just googled, and was surprised to see there is no thread on Dakka for this topic. I paint at work, and have a little bag I keep my stuff in, including paint. It's freezing out, and I was wondering:

What happens if your paints freeze? Does anyone have any firsthand experience with this? Anything from gee-dubs to vallejo to flow aid, etc.

Frozen paint can be very bad.

Don't let paint freeze.

If you think your paint has frozen - be sure to test it before you do something silly like try to paint a miniature with it.

Not sure on the exact mechanics of it - but generally speaking, when I have had paint freeze - the paint develops little hunks, chunks and gunk after it thaws back out. It seems as though the freezing water pushes all the solids in the paint (pigments, matting agents...) into little balls and smashes them into solid chunks. No amount of shaking seems to be able to break these chunks up.

You may be able to go ahead and strain the chunks out like you do when preparing paint for airbrushing - though more often then not...it is just easier to get a new pot. If you end up loosing a lot of paint though, that can get expensive.

The closest to frozen paint I've gotten is when I spray primed some stuff in the winter. The paint contracted and cracked and generally looked awful, while providing a shoddy basecoat.