I decided to be ultra productive this Easter weekend and managed to paint various models, as well as assembling and undercoating various more. Here's the evidence, just because, well, why not?
My question is, at what temperature is it OK to spray varnish models? I am using
GW's Munitorum Varnish. The can is various months old but I did use it about a week ago so it's still fine.
The issue is that I live in the
UK, and as those of you who live here know we're going through a bit of a cold spell at the moment. I'm impatient to get these models varnished but at the same time I don't want to mess it up and lose the paint job.
Of course the obvious answer is to read the instructions on the can. They state that the temperature should be between 15 degress Celsius and 25 C. I live in the south of England, which is warmer than a lot of the
UK, but it's not expected to get up to 15 degrees C until at least the end of next week.
A few days ago I did undercoat various models using
GW's Chaos Black spray paint. It was just over 10 degrees when I did it, so below the recommended 15 degrees, but it went fine. I've started painting some of the models I've undercoated and no issues. The reason I risked it is I figured that if it went badly I could just strip the models and undercoat them some other time. Messing up models that have already been painted would be a bit more of a disaster.
So am I overthinking it? Am I OK to spray varnish my models as long as it's not freezing outside? I certainly won't do it if it's raining, but if it's a bit nippy outside does that matter?
I'm not planning to spray indoors, I'd rather just wait until the weather warms up. I live alone so it wouldn't bother anyone else, I'd just rather not breathe in the noxious fumes any more than I need to. I live in a flat and spray on my balcony.