Will colorants freeze?

[fsh4fun]

I plastic 101, Jason stated that plastic is good down to -50 degrees. Will my colorants freeze,and will that ruin them? All my stuff is in the garage,and it will get below freezing out there. This is my 1st. winter with pouring plastics,and I have too much invested to have them ruined.

[ctom]

Not unless you get it down to below -50. I get orders left on our porch when the temps are zero or less and nothing seems to get spoiled. I don't just whip down to the laboratory with the stuff ice cold and begin brewing....I let it warm on an open countertop for a day.

[Jason]

It's going to vary from mfg. but you are safe down to at least -20 - -50 degrees.  If it did freeze it won't hurt it, you would just need to let it warm back up inside.

Jason

[andrewlamberson]

The bigger problem of working in your garage (fyi...I live in Minnesota) is cold molds. Cold molds just don't shoot well!

When I used to work in my garage (I finally had to give that up!), I used heating pads (like for your back) to lay my molds on to help warm them up...and keep them warm. Some people use an electric griddle...but I was always worried that I would forget to turn it off and burn the place down!

I would wrap the molds in the heating pads whenever I was doing something else (like trimming of the runner) so they would stay warm/hot. It's amazing how fast aluminum will cool down!

[BareKnuckleJigs]

Another KILLER idea by Mr. Andy.

[floridagrimp]

The opposite of Minnesota is Florida. Minnesota molds are too cold. Biggest danger here is sweat dripping in your plastisol....however, the temps here for next 5 months or so are optimum for pouring!! 

[fsh4fun]

Thanks for the info guys. My garage is well insulated,and usually never gets below 30 degrees. I think its the concrete floor that retains the earths heat.  Thanks again,fsh4fun.

[BigBoyBaits]

The joy of basement pouring...72 all day, 12 months a year!