Multifunction Table Storage - Heat Concerns
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Jim:
I live in Austin TX and we normally have several days above 100 degrees in summer, however, we've already had about 20 this year and it's anyone's guess where it will end. Our humidity isn't as bad as Houston but we get a lot of those hottest days that include high humidity because the air is coming off the Gulf of Mexico.
I keep my personal (demonstration) MFT's here in the garage, which is subject to normal ambient air, and they are fine. I've had a KAPEX sitting on the original MFT/3 KAPEX since it came out and it is neat and tight. I also take the pair around and they are pretty darn tough. I could see a freak accident or a mistake ruining them but not normal use. Occasionally, people on the FOG talk about leaving their MFT out in the rain... I wouldn't do that very long and expect the top to last.
I grew up in Houston and it's different than Dallas, Austin, El Paso, or anywhere else in Texas that has many people. Houston is soaked...
When I lived in Houston, I left a bristle dart board on a rain dry, screened-in porch. It had gnarly short growths on it after a couple of really rainy months and we used it occasionally. I can't say exactly how an MFT would react in Houston during one of those spells. In my 25-plus years there, it was not uncommon to have a few months in-a-row of over 95-percent humidity and temp's above 90. I know a couple of people that have more current perspectives though.
Tom
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Jim: I think you're probably a lot drier than Austin. You should be good...
I live in Austin TX and we normally have several days above 100 degrees in summer, however, we've already had about 20 this year and it's anyone's guess where it will end. Our humidity isn't as bad as Houston but we get a lot of those hottest days that include high humidity because the air is coming off the Gulf of Mexico.
I keep my personal (demonstration) MFT's here in the garage, which is subject to normal ambient air, and they are fine. I've had a KAPEX sitting on the original MFT/3 KAPEX since it came out and it is neat and tight. I also take the pair around and they are pretty darn tough. I could see a freak accident or a mistake ruining them but not normal use. Occasionally, people on the FOG talk about leaving their MFT out in the rain... I wouldn't do that very long and expect the top to last.
I grew up in Houston and it's different than Dallas, Austin, El Paso, or anywhere else in Texas that has many people. Houston is soaked...
When I lived in Houston, I left a bristle dart board on a rain dry, screened-in porch. It had gnarly short growths on it after a couple of really rainy months and we used it occasionally. I can't say exactly how an MFT would react in Houston during one of those spells. In my 25-plus years there, it was not uncommon to have a few months in-a-row of over 95-percent humidity and temp's above 90. I know a couple of people that have more current perspectives though.
Tom
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Jim: I think you're probably a lot drier than Austin. You should be good...
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Its 101 F today and 3 percent relative humidity. This winter it will be in the teens and about the same humidity. My 3 year old MFT top is still flat and square in spite of heavy loads and frustrated banging on stubborn glueups...
We enjoy puncturing the bubble wrap from Lebanon to experience this thing you call humidity.
We enjoy puncturing the bubble wrap from Lebanon to experience this thing you call humidity.
R
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JStockman, we have three MFT's, which get left on site, in garages, and in trucks (covered). No problems whatsoever.
Don T, my wife and I visited Phoenix many years ago---we walked out of the airport into the 110+ temps and felt like we'd been kicked in the face! It did take some getting used to.
Don T, my wife and I visited Phoenix many years ago---we walked out of the airport into the 110+ temps and felt like we'd been kicked in the face! It did take some getting used to.
