Thread: Ideas on finishing scales in an unheated shop this winter!?!

Gentleman,

I just moved into a new place with a garage I've turned into my shop. Let the production begin! Then it dawned on me, how will I do a CA finish or even just a spray on finish if it's 30 degrees outside??

My plan is to build some sort of heat box to finish scales in. I'm thinking a plywood box roughly 1 ft x 1 ft x 2 ft with a heat lamp inside of it.

Anyone see a reason why this wouldn't work?

Better ideas?

Sean

100 watt lightbulb would work

Pixel, I already bought a heat bulb, it's only 125 watts. I can always use that for something else. Do you think it would be overkill and give me weird results?

Originally Posted by seanreum1

Pixel, I already bought a heat bulb, it's only 125 watts. I can always use that for something else. Do you think it would be overkill and give me weird results?

Do Not Know as I do not do CA finishes,just have to experiment I guess.

I'll post results for sure! I haven't tried a CA finish yet but want to.

you might want to have a thermostat monitoring the heat inside that. That is a pretty small area for a 150watt heat lamp. The old Easy Bake Ovens were 60watt bulbs and baked cakes in 30 minutes, granted the cakes were tiny and the area smaller. I think you are making an oven is what I am trying to say.