Brrr. If you're living in Washington state, then you must be feeling pretty chilly. With that chill comes quite a bit of disrupt; the kids aren't going to school, the parents might not be able to go to work, and the contractors are (hopefully) delaying exterior projects. That cold air even has a vast effect on paint. There's a reason the majority of painting contractors enjoy the summer months a bit more than the colder, harsher season.
Painting in the frost is almost as bad as painting when it's wet outside. Ask any paint rep, and they will recommend to NEVER paint in sub freezing temperatures. Sure, there are painting contractors that are willing to take that chance, but it's a risk that they shouldn't necessarily be willing to take. Paint hates moisture, the freezing cold, and the crazy heat.
If you ever have a painter come out to paint a project directly after pressure washing, a rain storm, a frost, and during the insane heat spells--you should probably go tell them to hold off for a while. We've been around for a bit, and we've seen what happens when you paint during/after an extreme. It may look good at first, but after a short while, that excess moisture needs to escape. The only way of escaping often times, is right through that fresh coat of paint that was just recently applied.
The heat is another issue--although it's much safer than painting while it's wet, hot paint dries much quicker, giving painters less time to react if they need to continue. If you paint a section, it dries, then you attempt to continue painting, you will very likely induce "striping" or what we call "stop and start's" which is a painter's nightmare.
Stay warm, enjoy the snow while it's here, and make sure to keep that house protected from any unwanted disaster. If you're wanting your house done right now, it may be best to hold off until the snow has left our part of the neighborhood.
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