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This might be a silly question, but is a garage a good work space to work on/store in progress minis?

I only ask because I live in Texas and temps can occasionally reach 105 outside. Will that seriously affect paints/minis?

Honestly, having a detached garage I thought about setting up a paint area in there but eventually went with a room inside the house. Almost anything I put inside the garage just collects dust and seeing as I've got limited time it was just one more reason to do something other than painting. It also doesn't help that my garage has no insulation and in extreme cold weather it would be rather uncomfortable painting out there.
Setting up a painting area in the house just made it that much easier to stay motivated about painting.

I put together a 2'x4' mdf panel with collapsible table legs. and a work light. I store it in my garage and in the summer I sometimes set it up on my porch and paint and model in fresh air, but most of the time the weather does not agree with that so when I need to have a work space I bring it inside and put it in the corner of my family room. The table being portable means its not in the way when I'm not using it, and when I am it serves as a dedicated work surface I can leave things on. I really only ever use the garage for spraying base/clear coats and thats only a few minutes at a time.

I would say that it depends on quite a few factors. The first being how your garage look. Is it full of junk, is it clean, is it a modern building or some old shack in the backyard?

I prefer a clean place to work without dust and good lighting, if I had a garage I would set up a space there to have it out of the way but still easily accessible.

When it comes to temperature it will not matter for the minis but the paints and glues might be unhappy about it. I think there actually is a guideline for storage temperatures on the pots and bottles.

I think the most important thing to ask yourself is: are you comfortable working on miniatures in your garage?

If you have a finished garage that is clean, organized, heated/cooled, and has adequate work space and lighting, I don't see why it would be a problem. I've been to Texas quite a few times during the summer and I know it can be brutally hot there, so if your garage isn't at least cooled, would you really want to sit out there and paint?

 ScootyPuffJunior wrote:
I think the most important thing to ask yourself is: are you comfortable working on miniatures in your garage?

If you have a finished garage that is clean, organized, heated/cooled, and has adequate work space and lighting, I don't see why it would be a problem. I've been to Texas quite a few times during the summer and I know it can be brutally hot there, so if your garage isn't at least cooled, would you really want to sit out there and paint?

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Are you going to be good sitting there for hours?

themadlbb wrote:
This might be a silly question, but is a garage a good work space to work on/store in progress minis?

I only ask because I live in Texas and temps can occasionally reach 105 outside. Will that seriously affect paints/minis?

I live in Texas as well, so I know all about the heat in summer getting up to 105 / 110. My garage is connected to my house and insulated, I have had no problems keeping models there, just make sure they are not in direct sunlight if you have windows. As for painting I could not tell you, because when the temp is that high it can still be 80+ in the garage and you will sweat just sitting there. I would store paints in the house to keep them from drying out and just set up a fan to keep cool and create some air flow when modeling / painting.

A garage is as good a place as any for working in, but there are so many variables as other people have commented on above. The temperature of the room and the likelihood of dust contamination are what I'd consider first, but otherwise, ask yourself: would I be happy working in here?

I set up a work space in my kitchen; it's clean and well-lit with everything I need readily available. But I find myself working in the lounge, painting off a tray on my lap, because the settee is comfortable and I can watch the TV in between coats of paint.
If you're comfortable, you'll work for longer and get more pleasure from it.