Painting problem

[ochoin]

We're going through an exceptional cold snap here in OZ.
Don't laugh but it was 8(c) until 9 am this morning. Keep in mind, our houses are actually built to keep cool in the 10 months of hot weather so they tend to leak warmth & feel like walk-in fridges in Winter. We aren't really "Southern Softies".

At any rate, I noticed my trusty Vallejo paint is more viscous than usual & noticeably more water is needed to thin it.
In Summer, the heat can dry paint rapidly but with ducted air-con, this isn't a problem here.

donald

[Paul]

In our old house only one room got above 6 degrees C for a lot of the Winter!
The library/my study was often close to freezing which has the effect of destroying matt varnishes and making PVA set white not clear.....that led to some issues and a lot of swearing

[Spanner]

If you think Brizzie is cold, mate, then western Victoria last week would have upset you. I went down to meet me new grandson and stopped overnight at Barham (NSW side of the Murray). It took ten minutes with a card, and muted cursing about the temperature, to get the ice off the windows the next morning. Though the missus' reaction to frost on the coast was entertaining. You'd have thought she was in Siberia.

"Warm, sunny Australia" my arse....

[ochoin]

I was just reading a post about brush-on primers on TMP.
I only use b-o primers. At any rate the guy mentioned the issue of bubbling quite a bit.
I've *never* had any bubbling.
Another climate-related problem?

donald

[Paul]

If you think Brizzie is cold, mate, then western Victoria last week would have upset you. I went down to meet me new grandson and stopped overnight at Barham (NSW side of the Murray). It took ten minutes with a card, and muted cursing about the temperature, to get the ice off the windows the next morning. Though the missus' reaction to frost on the coast was entertaining. You'd have thought she was in Siberia.

"Warm, sunny Australia" my arse....

When the coldest daytime temperatures were recorded as 7 degrees c or above...it's warm. That's T shirt weather in the Scottish Highlands, maybe stick on a shirt if it's a bit dreich as well

[BaronVonWreckedoften]

We're going through an exceptional cold snap here in OZ.

Ignore that man behind the curtain.....of jumpers and blankets!

A propos nothing at all, back in the 1970s my Old Boys' cricket club acquired several Australians, who rejoiced in the names Nelson, Hardy (no, really), Drake, Cochrane, Beatty and Swan. Aside from being instantly christened "The Naval Brigade", they introduced us to the delights of "tubes" of Aussie lagers that had names other than "Fosters" (and were thus, we discovered, rather palatable), but more importantly - and this is the relevant bit - they rapidly cleared out the club's ancient and somewhat moth-eaten stock of long-sleeved sweaters having declared Southern England in mid-summer as "Effing Freezing!!!" Drake, who had played Grade Cricket back home, was also missing the top of the middle finger of his left hand, having tried - and failed - to catch a hoick to leg by perennial No.11 Jeff Thompson, whilst fielding at short leg.

ps: Speaking of regal waterfowl, "Stavka" (Robert Swann) and Giles Allison from "The Outpost" both send their regards and ask how you're doing.

[ochoin]

It's all relative. I rarely feel very cold when I'm in Scotland even in winter as I'm dressed appropriately & the buildings have central heating.
In far North Queensland, & I kid you not, when the mercury goes down below 25, the locals shiver & don jumpers.

BTW I have a theory. The reason why the UK is arguably the wargames' capital is the weather & climate lends itself to being shut up & painting.

ps send my regards back. I'm in the pink.

[Paul]

It's all relative. I rarely feel very cold when I'm in Scotland even in winter as I'm dressed appropriately & the buildings have central heating.

Not always
In our 1500sqm house we had one room with a gas fire and one Rayburn in the hall....until I warped the frame of that getting it too hot one winter
It's fair to say it got a bit nippy especially with the snow coming in through the roof