• @[email protected]
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      135 months ago

      Batteries for longer shelf life supposedly. Paintbrushes with paint on them that they were gonna use again? Idk

      • @douglasg14b
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        75 months ago

        Not supposedly, that’s a fundamental function of rechargeable batteries, and largely for chemistry. Heat typically increases reactivity, and vice versa.

        Warm batteries/room temperature batteries degrade significantly faster when at full charge. And most people keep their batteries at full charge.

        Lowering the temperature slows the degradation down.

      • @AA5B
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        65 months ago

        Yes, I’ve read that but never tried it. If you’re planning on doing another coat, why waste time and water cleaning your brush? If you wrap it in plastic, the paint should stay liquid a couple hours. If you put it in the fridge, supposedly overnight

        • @douglasg14b
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          5 months ago

          Yep, pretty standard practice when doing a lot of painting. Do this with rollers mostly.

          This ruins brushes though since the paint closer to the bottom of the brush tends to dry out and stick.

          • @braxy29
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            15 months ago

            but why? why paintbrushes?

      • @Evrala
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        35 months ago

        But, batteries have a years long shelf life, and if they’re cold you’ll get condensation when you put them in something!

        • @[email protected]
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          25 months ago

          I don’t think it’s shelf life, they are supposed to last longer in the device using them. I did it when I was a kid, couldn’t say whether or not it worked though. Condensation is a really good point but I never had a problem with it.

          • @Alexstarfire
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            45 months ago

            It certainly won’t work with lithium ion batteries. They hold less charge the colder they are. No idea on other battery types.