paint dryer

[cadetchris]

whilst helping my decorator uncle paint a house, he used a product that when added to gloss paint, it dried in half the time.

what was it called? as it would be very helpful in painting my front door.

n.b,

i would ring him, but he is in Australia and wound appreciate being woken at daft o'clock for something so trivial

[katy]

It's called japan dryer, ask at your local paint dealer.

[MarkyB]

In this heat?

[daveallgood]

I wouldn't recommend using driers (terebine driers at decorators merchants) at this time of year. If anything, for a front door, especially if it's a panelled door where you'll need to keep several wet edges going, a retarder would be more appropriate. I assume you realise that driers is for use with oil based and not acrylic paint.

[bmcecosse]

In this weather - the problem is indeed to keep the paint wet enough to avoid drag marks!