The fall rains have begun. Remember to protect your spraying equipment from the rain. If wet, electric motors can short out. Electrical circuits can short out if just damp. Keep them dry. Gas engines will form moisture inside the fuel tanks and ruin the carburetor. Gas machines that have clutches, non-hydraulic pumps, also have electrical circuits. Wet and damp can short them out. Some of the newest hydraulic machines have circuit boards also. Keep them all dry.
Remember, of course, all exterior paints should have a minimum of 24 hours to dry before any moisture (rain) touches them. Even if the rain doesn’t slide the material off the wall and onto the sidewalk/driveway/ground, it will change the surface tension and change the appearance of the wall. You may be able to see the difference between the areas that got wet and the areas that didn’t. The owners might complain and then you would have to repaint the areas that got wet. It isn’t worth the chance. Also, almost all contracts have included in them a change of the project finish date for “acts of God”, which includes rain. So for each day of rain or wet weather or temperature too low to paint, the finish date will extend 1 weekday. Weekends are not usually included for delay or for a finish date. Just make sure to let the person in charge of the property know of the delay as it happens.
