How do you framers and roofers warm up your subfloor adhesives or bituthene mastics or roof tars or any other construction products that are hard as a rock on those freezing cold winter mornings? I’ve used a small fire and put my tubes of glue in a metal bucket next to it but it seems like there’s a fine line between too far away and too close. A few tubes usually bust and you’ve got to watch it so close it’s hardly worth it. I’ve also heard of people putting them under the hood of a truck that’s warm. Are there any gadgets or gizmos for this purpose?
And those 5 gallon buckets of roof cement(from Home Depot) are about impossible to warm up, in fact I used some the other day and it says on the can “Do not heat.”
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Blow the compressor exaust through the box. Keep the back of the box open though.
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We did happen to have a large "janitor's" sink available so I filled it with hot water and put the bucket of glop in it and it worked quite well. If you don't have a big sink available, think in terms of any sort of hot water bath. Maybe put cartridges in plastic bags so they don't loose their strength from water soaking.
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The current plan combines a parachute harness, 1203 empty water balloons and a battery charger. The idea is to use the charger to seperate oxygen from hydrogen and so on -- it's obvious.
The current plan combines 1203 empty water balloons and a battery charger. The idea is to use the charger to seperate oxygen from hydrogen and so on -- it's obvious.
Add a five minute fuse and think "deafening report and blinding flash."
tubes on dash of truck with parked facing sun or heater on.
On larger jobs, we keep one "warm room" for launch time, and to keep those sensitive materials above freezing.
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For the big jobs involving multiple tubes of caulk........
I have a hinged-lid plywood box lined with some 1" rigid foam. I lay the tubes in there accompanied by a thermostat of the type used for jobsite forced-air heaters. Plugged into that thermostat is a hand-held blow dryer. Set the thermostat for around 100F and you're good to go. Just make sure the box is large enough that you can keep the hair-dryer positioned so that it isn't too close to the tubes and the thermostat can live on the other end of the box. There is one small hole drilled in the side of the box to allow an extension cord in for power supply to the thermostat. That way the lid can be completely closed.
Grab a tube, toss it in the caulk gun, slide two old socks over the tube.....caulk away. When that tube gets too stiff, swap it out for a different one.
I think I saw a tip somehwere that used those glove and boot warmer packs wrapped around a tube in a gun by an ace bandage.
http://www.handwarmers.com/
The idea with the hairdryer and the heater sounds good for storing large amount overnight.
Here is what they use to keep humidity out of industrial electrical enclosures.
http://www.pfannenbergusa.com/pdfs2/Heaters%20&%20Thermostats%2040-45.pdf
Dogfish, I might add that when it gets really cold, we put our compressor in our jobox and toss in a little space heater. We then just put the glue in there and it's toasty warm and easy to use. We also make sure that someone keeps the box of glue in their house the night before were using it so we don't have to go through a thaw session.
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Warning! Be cautious when taking any framing advice from me. Although I have a lifetime of framing experience, all of it is considered bottom of the barrel by Gabe. I am not to be counted amongst the worst of the worst. If you want real framing information...don't listen to me..just ask Gabe!