Paint - is it really never allowed to freeze?

[Ign]

I kinda have a hard time believing that paint is never, at the very least, subjected to conditions which could allow it to freeze before it makes it to the shelf at my local retailer.

From a warehouse at the manufacturer to a possible middle-man distributor, on multiple trailers in transport and then at a retailer warehouse..............

Are they that careful about transporting and storing it, or are they/we just lucky, or does it even matter that much?

I leave rattle cans in my non-climate controlled shop year round and have never noticed a problem. Or is it simply non-aerosols which need to avoid freezing?

 

[skipskip]

Latex paint will turn into a cottage cheese like substance, and wont turn back into paint again.

As far as freezing in transit, it can but usually doesnt.

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[Ign]

Ah, so only latex bases have this problem?

 

[Boyd Who]

Any water-based paint (ie latex) will freeze.

 

[May Pop]

Enamel and laquer can freeze or get real cold and still work fine. Many years and still good.
Ron

 

[buildyourown]

The freezing temp of the solvents in a rattle can is much lower than water.
I leave cans in my shop all winter and never have issues.

 

[srmofo]

The freezing temp of the solvents in a rattle can is much lower than water.
I leave cans in my shop all winter and never have issues.

x2 The biggest problem I have is having 15 cans of black cause Im never sure if I have any at home, lol. This spring Im gonna have to go through the paint to check and see which ones still have propellent in them

 

[aar0s]

we get our paint at work from a DC in northern Illinois, a few weeks ago it was 15F here and the stuff was on the truck overnight, i have a hard time believing that the latex paint didn't freeze that night. sold a bunch of it and have had no complaints on it, though.

 

[69supercj]

I've NEVER had a problem with spray cans in an uninsulated evnironment. Don't think it could ever get cold enough to freeze the solvents. Call me lucky but I even had some old Richard Petty GLASS pop bottles that I'd forgotten about and they were stored in an old unheated milk barn for the past 18 years and I only lost one to freezing temps and we've hit sub-zero several times in that time span.

 

[officer]

If your latex paint is bad you know as soon as you open it. It really stinks.
If it does not you can just strain it and use it. Harry