O.K. cold weather friends…what do all of you do with your glues, caulks, etc. that are temp. sensitive? Bring them and tuck them away at night? Always buy new for each job? I have a trailer and that bucket with all that type stuff is getting cold every night now. Just curious how you all handle this problem.
Thanks,
Mark
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They're talking about just that very thing.
Funny!
Yeah, unless you have a heated storage area in a trailer or some such, you bring the stuff in at night. You also try to schedule things so you don't have to do much caulking, etc, in cold weather. With standard caulks you can't effectively caulk a surface much colder than about 40F (most are rated to 50F) -- you have to heat the surface somehow, in addition to keeping the caulk itself warm and pliable.
There are some caulks and glues (eg, Gorilla Glue) that can stand freezing, but in general they can't. Even if they don't appear to be damaged they may not set properly, etc. So assume the stuff must be kept from freezing (or tossed) unless you know otherwise.
But understand that the temp inside a closed, reasonably airtight trailer will probably stay 10 degrees warmer than outside at night, assuming it was able to warm up during the day. And with minimal insulation (some old blankets, eg) you can gain another 10 degrees. So if the worst it ever gets where you are is maybe 20F you can probably get away with storing freeze-sensitive stuff in the trailer, especially if you put it in something like an old cooler.
Related topic: I was going to take a picture of some typical outdoor masonary work this weekend but they took down the tent. (It's been really warm up until yesterday.) But with proper tenting (and enough propane) most types of work can continue more or less "normally" even in sub-zero weather. Watched them build a block wall outside our building a few years back when the temps rarely got above zero for several weeks running.