kallman | 05 Sep 2015 1:33 p.m. PST |
…it is great for priming miniatures! No humidity and the dry hot heat means I do not have to wait long to flip figures around to get all the surfaces coated. I have been getting a lot of 28 mm WW II Americans primed and ready today. |
Rhino Co | 05 Sep 2015 2:05 p.m. PST |
Not the same heat in Virginia, tons of humidity. |
Frederick | 05 Sep 2015 2:20 p.m. PST |
Heat and no humidity? Not a condition that happens in southwestern Ontario (when you are surrounded on three sides by water) |
hocklermp5 | 05 Sep 2015 2:30 p.m. PST |
As to heat and humidity, Missouri is the State I'm from, misery is the state I'm in. |
kallman | 05 Sep 2015 2:37 p.m. PST |
I will confess I do miss seeing rain. There have been some storm like clouds gathering but they seem to look down on our parched ground and go, "Meh, I am going to dump all this water on Louisiana instead. |
Redroom | 05 Sep 2015 5:36 p.m. PST |
you aren't in Houston; humidity has been really high lately |
kallman | 05 Sep 2015 6:22 p.m. PST |
Nope I live in Dallas now. Surprisingly dry here and continued hot. Well at least hot for this former son of North Carolina. |
cosmicbank | 05 Sep 2015 8:43 p.m. PST |
Houston area 100 temp 100 humidity |
hocklermp5 | 05 Sep 2015 8:52 p.m. PST |
I lived in Houston for a couple of years and the humidity is such you have to run your car air conditioner when it is 60 out. A dealer told me they did land office business replacing air conditioners. When we were going to move down there one of the "Official Guide Books" I read said Houston had the "second nastiest climate in Texas". Amarillo was the worst. |
Sisyphus | 05 Sep 2015 9:09 p.m. PST |
In Louisiana I live in fear to spray primer. No matter how much shaking I do, Army Painter sprays and Krylon (the worst) can easily dry out as the spray exits the nozzle. No fun. Can't prime in summer… have to wait for early spring and late fall. Amazingly PP primer and Tamiya are fine though. |
Meiczyslaw | 05 Sep 2015 10:09 p.m. PST |
One of the many reasons why San Diego rocks for painting. 300 days a year of good priming. Though the words, "I need to prime some minis," are powerful Kumeyaay rain medicine. |
The Captain of the Gate | 06 Sep 2015 4:48 a.m. PST |
The bad news is that this has been a pretty mild summer. |
Timotheous | 06 Sep 2015 10:07 a.m. PST |
Glad I switched my priming medium to gesso. I can use it indoors in all climates! |
Cacique Caribe | 06 Sep 2015 10:35 a.m. PST |
Texas? No humidity? Dry heat? Lol. Here in the Houston area (Katy) we get two or three days like that per year … every two or three years. Dan |
BeneathALeadMountain | 07 Sep 2015 4:27 a.m. PST |
Any of you good folks want a holiday in blighty I can guarantee the odd downpour (liquid sunshine as we call it). I happen to reside in South Wales which is effectively a temperate rain forest. Sunshine (like today) makes me desperately search out everything that needs priming or varnishing. |
Oddball | 07 Sep 2015 6:39 a.m. PST |
Isn't San Diego part of Northern Mexico now? At least that's why my friend left. |
Meiczyslaw | 07 Sep 2015 9:13 a.m. PST |
I'd worry about your friend, then. True Americans get driven out of California by the hippies. |
FlyXwire | 07 Sep 2015 3:12 p.m. PST |
I'm in Missouri too – lots of humidity. So if you're hobby painting, and wanting to accelerate the process and/or ensure your Dullcote flattens for instance – use a hair dryer to speed up the process. |