Freezables And Items You Should Not Freeze

[Amina]

Hello! Has anyone ever seen or made a list of items involved in leatherworking that you should never allow to freeze? I live outside of Dallas and I work out of a early 1900's house on my property. It is brilliant for leatherworking except it is not heated. We are expecting our first freeze of the season tomorrow. This is the first winter that Ive been compleatly moved into the old house. Previous winters I always have had a climate controlled building.

The list I have so far...

DO NOT Allow to Freeze:

Eco Flo Gel Antique

Eco Flo Cova Color

Eco Flo Leather Weld

Any Eco Flo Dyes

Angelus Paints

Angelus Finishers

Freezing does not adversely affect product performance:

Fiebing's Pro Dyes

Fiebing's Leather Dye

Fiebing's Saddle Lac

Fiebing's Mink Oil Liquid

Fiebing's Deglazer

Fiebing's Edge Kote

Does anyone have anything else to add? Though Im sure you all have climate controlled work areas!

All the best!

[DavidL]

Cant you throw blankets and towels over your stuff or make a box lined with something.

[Amina]

I really don't want to take the chance with thousands invested in product.

If it was a few 4oz bottles, then, maybe (?). But I pretty much own every liquid Tandy has available and then some. I have $800 invested in a finisher and $2000 in Angelus alone. Id rather be safe than devestated. It really did take me a long time to build up that much stock.

Just thought this would be helpful for someone else, possibly someone working out of a garage or thinking of putting items in storage.

[zuludog]

It is common to use a low output, and therefore low energy consumption, heater to protect plants from frost in greenhouses, and also prevent water pipes from freezing in outside workshops & garages. They are not intended to make the rooms warm enough for working in, just enough to keep the temperature above freezing and so protect susceptible items

Can get them powered by electricity, gas ( I'm British - when I say gas I mean propane etc, not gasoline!) and paraffin/kerosene.

Put 'greenhouse heater' into Google and start Surfing

I live in northern Britain where such things are common; a bit quaint and old - fashioned, but they do the job.

[Amina]

It is common to use a low output, and therefore low energy consumption, heater to protect plants from frost in greenhouses, and also prevent water pipes from freezing in outside workshops & garages. They are not intended to make the rooms warm enough for working in, just enough to keep the temperature above freezing and so protect susceptible items

Can get them powered by electricity, gas ( I'm British - when I say gas I mean propane etc, not gasoline!) and paraffin/kerosene.

Put 'greenhouse heater' into Google and start Surfing

I live in northern Britain where such things are common; a bit quaint and old - fashioned, but they do the job.

Brilliant! Thank you so much for taking the time to reply.

Im looking into this now.

Very much appreciated!

[Northmount]

For the most part, water based stuff should not be allowed to freeze. Check what solvent or thinner is used, if it is water, then it's water based. Latex type paints, glues ... unless the manufacturer says otherwise. Some don't tell you, so take the fall back position. Don't freeze.

Tom

[Troy Burch]

The little theromstated electrc heaters are cheep, I have used one in my well house for years. Just set it on low and it keeps the 10'x12' room around 50 degrees, any hardware store will have them.

Edited November 11, 2014 by Troy Burch

[cardinal leather]

Put it in an old fridge with a light bulb 25-60 watt. add a thermometer to moniter the heat in fridge, adjust bulb to maintain temp around 60-65 deg.

[papaw]

I used 2" foam and made box inside of my cabinet and installed light bulb. Northern Indiana 10 miles off Lake Michigan.

[zuludog]

The light bulb suggestions are good, but check first. The new eco lightbulbs do not give out as much heat as the traditional tungsten filament ones

[zuludog]

Just had another idea There are heaters for aquariums (aquaria?). Most are submersible, some are pads so you place the aquarium on it

'fraid you'll have to do some more Surfing!

[DavidL]

had a heat lamp for reptiles that would be hot enough, any pet store should have it.

[Bigfoote]

Looking at my bottle of Fiebing's Edge Kote, it says right there do not freeze! The rest of your items are correct.

[LetterT]

I can confirm the light bulb thing, they are often used here in poultry farming for heating.

Old type light bulb emit about 3% of energy into light, the rest is heat, for example 100W light bulb is actuality a 97W heater that happens to give out light, 200W light bulb is a 188W heater and so on. Just get a bulb socket on a cable and place it in a well isolated storage space, as small as possible to avoid heat loss. Be careful not to place the bulb too close to plastic, it can melt it if too close. The problem is these light bulbs are getting very hard to find.

Another alternative is infrared light bulbs, also known as heating light bulbs, that are specifically made for heating.