On Fri, 18 Dec 2020 19:30:59 -0800 (PST), Sid 03
wrote:

On Thursday, December 17, 2020 at 1:41:18 PM UTC-6, trader_4 wrote:
On Thursday, December 17, 2020 at 12:57:01 AM UTC-5, wrote:
I want to hang some drywall, but its winter here in IL and I want to know how cold is too cold ?
Found some articles on-line and the average answer was "Not less than 50dF", if not, heat the room some how and let it stand above 50 for at least 48 hours.
But this is a garage and no matter how much I heat the garage the studs and out-siding materials will still ambient temp.
The 2nd suggestion was to leave 1/8" gap between the sheets to allow for expansion in summer months.

So my plan was to insulate and drywall now and finish w/Joint-Compound and paint in March or some month that is warmer.

Thanks
Plan sounds OK. But you certainly can heat a garage to 50F at the drywall too. Temp of the
studs and outside material is irrelevant.

What about using the 'Easy Sand 20' that I see advertised, does it really set in 20 min and ready to sand ?
I could heat the garage for a couple of hours and then use this stuff, let it dry for a couple of hours and sand and turn the heat off ?
Has anyone used that stuff ? And had success ?


Lots of guys use "hot mud" like that. The problem is it may set up too
fast if you are doing a lot of mudding. That is usually for a little
patch unless you want to be mixing up a new batch of mud every 10
minutes. It does cure slower when it is cold and in Florida in the
summer, that 20 minutes may be more like 10-15 before it is hard to
work.