Wood glue in cold temperatures.... HELP

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Wood glue in cold temperatures.... HELP

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Since I have been working from home I find that my workshop is forever cold, especially now that the weather has turned chilly recently.
Normal wood glue works perfectly over a certain temperature, they say 10 degrees, but of course overnight icy temperatures kill this idea straight away.
The glue turns grainy, the wood is icy cold too, so when using one with the other the joints do not set.
I cannot afford to heat the garage workshop overnight, and likewise it becomes a bit of a daft idea to take my cut moulding pieces indoors until they warm up along with the pot of glue, which I do take inside.
How do you cope with this problem, and is there an alternative to the pva type glue we usually use?
I once used something called Cascamite, do you have any experience with this in winter?
The problem is that the moulding gets cold too, and that is probably the bigger hurdle to overcome.
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Re: Wood glue in cold temperatures.... HELP

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Did you know that Lincolnshire is on the same latitude as northern Canada? :?

Nothing much you can do about the weather, but why not take to glue indoors when you aren't using it. And a quick waft with a hot air gun on the cuts ends might thaw them a tad.
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Not really much help I know but if that was me and I couldn't find a room indoors with the space to just do the gluing and leave them to set I'd heat the workshop and add the cost into the prices charged.
Are there any lower cost options to heat your workshop?
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Re: Wood glue in cold temperatures.... HELP

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My workshop has big concertina doors with gaps top and bottom so not the most airtight of places.
That said I haven't found heating to be a problem. It does get pretty cold and I am framing just now in 1 or 2 degrees, but cutting and gluing are fine. I use the 502 everbuild stuff.
I sometimes use a small heater to warm up my hands every so often, but other than that it is perfectly comfortable, and I definitely prefer to be cold than sweating in the heat.
I would probably be interested in any low cost heating methods, but not desperately.
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