Originally Posted by
John Keeton
Jay, a couple of years ago, I had an interesting phenomena that sounds a little similar, but much more damaging. It had been rather cool, and I had been working in the shop with the door open and both windows open. Temps were in the 50 range.
Suddenly, a front came through with a sudden increase in temps of about 25 degrees, with a humidity level approaching 100%. It nearly rained in my shop. Every surface, metal, formica, toolboxes, every tool I had hanging in the shop on the walls, and all of my machines were instantly dripping wet.
It took my hours to get everything cleaned up. I had to turn on my heat just to dry everything out.
I learned a valuable lesson - be aware of the weather!! If we have fronts coming through, I never leave my shop open.