Do these kind work good for enclosed shop or will you die ? These kind ****, you'll definitely die.. your eyes will catch fire and you'll suffocate
IR lamps will allow you to cure the panel ( faster ) while not having to get/keep your shop at temp, over night. Both of those types are dangerous. If used in a air tight, confined space.
I'm just thinking that it probably isn't wise to shoot paint with an open flame close by. Another vote for radiant heat.
I need to keep above 65 for one night It gets down to high 40s 50s below 65 degrees at night in me shop even though it gets up into 90s in der afternoon Who said anything about "shooting" paint ? Not me ..... Must be a internet forum .
Those portable heaters do not work well when painting. Insulate your garage. Put a real gas or electric heater in your garage. You will love it.
If you are doing something like a stripped shell/body. If you spray early enough in the day, so its flashed off well. You can throw a plastic tarp over it, with a space/radiant heater inside. And basically hot box/tent it. Larger flat panels ( doors, hood, deck lid ) if sitting on paint stands. With the edges back taped/masked. Will create a little " skirt " around them. And a space/radiant heater underneath them. Will hold a warm cushion of air underneath them. As long as you're not trying to actively sleep/work in the exact area. you're wanting to run one of those propane heaters, overnight. Without a cracked open door. The small forced air ones work pretty good. They also have a thermostat on them. So they will turn on and off, and not run constantly. The radiate propane style, are manual only. Propane generally ( if tuned/burning correctly. Creates much less CO than other types of fuel. So with some common sense its pretty safe to use. That is why ventless propane wall heaters/fireplaces come with a low oxygen cut-off sensors on them. Rather than a CO sensor. If you want to be really safe. HD ( probably any big box store ) sells a CO monitor, that has a digital ppm read out. Think they are like $70.
Get a free oil heater, they are s****ped every day do to the Ganggreen thinking! Seriously, Forced air oil, You'd be amazed how far a old 5gl. Of red diesel will go! Thank me later..$ If your garage has no ceiling, Cardboard does wonders!!! Ask me how I know..
If you are in the mountains of Idaho, get an outdoor wood burner. Heats the water and pumps it into an overhead indoor forced air handler.
My workshop is wired for 220v with plugs like a house dryer uses, so I bought an electric heater and put a dryer cord on it and I plug it in when I need it to warm up. Those heaters are not very expensive and it works great and you're not burning anything. If you wanted to heat something year-round, it would be expensive, because they use a lot of electricity. But for occasional use it's great, would be ideal for painting, I don't trust a propane or kerosene burner anywhere near a painted panel. I had considered a wood burner, but I've already seen two friend's shops get fire damaged from them, and also my insurance man would not insure the building with wood heat. I really like my electric unit.
That $600 gas shop heater hanging from the ceiling in the corner of my 24' x 30' non-insulated shop does pretty well, until it gets down to -20.
I have one of those. If I stand in front of it I’m warm. But the car and all my tools are still cold.
Any infrared style heaters I've used in unheated garages haven't been very good at heating the area, but rather the side of the object they are pointed at (obviously this improves the longer it's on, but won't do much overnight). An electric heater with fan (or multiple of them) will be better, but I would start it when the garage temperature is around what you need to try to maintain it rather than trying to heat that whole air m***. In my heated garage, forced air doesn't fail to heat how I need it.
Any heater that uses gas or propane is going to produce carbon monoxide, if it's unvented then you're breathing that carbon monoxide.
Hey JD, I'm afraid I'm out of town until Sunday, and I can can share pictures then if you want. but I have a Propane furnace from a mobile home in my shop 40 x 40 that does a great job keeping the shop warm. I do supplement it with a cheap box fan to supplement air flow around the shop : ) Well worth the money. In years past I tried may of the heaters mentioned with little success
I have a propane like that in my shop and an electric 220v. Propane to get it hot while I make breakfast, electric to keep it that way while I work.
Two small 220v heaters for my 1000 sq. ft. shop that I can regulate the temperature of. Mostly only use one when needed. Couldn’t afford to heat it on a continuous basis, but it’s insulated well, and keeps me comfy. My insulated coveralls come in handy too. Damn, it’s 102 degrees outside, why am I thinking about this **** now?
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