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<blockquote data-quote="gogittum" data-source="post: 481732" data-attributes="member: 27114"><p>I think 50F is an absolute minimum - higher is better.</p><p></p><p>I built a 13 ft Sam Devlin design Black Brant in the winter in Port Angeles, WA some years ago (early '90s) and it were cold. I put an eye in each end of a 16 ft 2x4 and hung it with ropes from pulleys in the rafters, so I could raise and lower it, then put a socket every 4 ft and one more on each end for a total of 5. Screwed heat lamps into those sockets.</p><p></p><p>(I hafta back off a bit here - memory is failing me. Can't remember for sure if I put those lamps at 3 ft or 4 ft intervals. Seems like I had 6 of them)</p><p></p><p>It worked out very well. While working on it, raise the heat lamps to a comfortable level - more pleasant for me in the cold - then when finished, lower them down close to the work surface to keep it very warm and speed the cure. You can believe I monitored the surface temp very closely at 1st to make sure it got warm enuf but not too hot.</p><p></p><p>Prob'ly didn't do my electric bill too much good, but the boat came out beautifully.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="gogittum, post: 481732, member: 27114"] I think 50F is an absolute minimum - higher is better. I built a 13 ft Sam Devlin design Black Brant in the winter in Port Angeles, WA some years ago (early '90s) and it were cold. I put an eye in each end of a 16 ft 2x4 and hung it with ropes from pulleys in the rafters, so I could raise and lower it, then put a socket every 4 ft and one more on each end for a total of 5. Screwed heat lamps into those sockets. (I hafta back off a bit here - memory is failing me. Can't remember for sure if I put those lamps at 3 ft or 4 ft intervals. Seems like I had 6 of them) It worked out very well. While working on it, raise the heat lamps to a comfortable level - more pleasant for me in the cold - then when finished, lower them down close to the work surface to keep it very warm and speed the cure. You can believe I monitored the surface temp very closely at 1st to make sure it got warm enuf but not too hot. Prob'ly didn't do my electric bill too much good, but the boat came out beautifully. [/QUOTE]
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