interior shed paint in cold weather

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I have just finished insulating the inside of a standard wooden shed and although the temperature does not get that cold I really need to paint the inside of the shed.

The temperature inside the shed still varies too much from 1 degrees C to about 14 degrees C in Winter

The paint needs to be:
- Breathable, colour white (to see aswell), and able to set at temperatures of 1 degrees C. I could use paint needing 5 degrees C or higher IF I put a heater inside the garage whilst painting
-Not expensive


What sort of paint can I use? Few options I came across

- Limewash paint - most need 5oC to dry so radiator needed
- Sandtex Ultra Smooth Masonry (https://www.toolstation.com/sandtex-ultra-smooth-masonry-paint-25l/pAB650) - min 5oC so radiator needed
- Wethertex PP77 All Weather Pliolite Smooth Masonry Finish (https://www.rawlinspaints.com/produ...ather-pliolite-masonry-paint-smooth-matt.html)
- Pure brilliant white Smooth Matt Masonry paint, 10L (https://www.diy.com/departments/pur...RChAyTstdlMNK3elMGCmK3LHaTZBtZgId__IEhIfKNEL4) - min 5oC so radiator needed
- Zinsser 1Ltr Smooth White Masonry Paint (https://www.screwfix.com/p/zinsser-...nZJ8lyiw#product_additional_details_container) - 10oC needed so needs a radiator

I need the inside of the shed painted in the next week and I know this is a rubbish time for painting given the cold weather but I need to shift stuff back into the shed.

What paint should I use?
 
What is the substrate your paint is going on to? If you’ve insulated it a presume the paint won’t be going onto the inside face of timer, unless you’ve insulated from the outside?
 
What is the substrate your paint is going on to? If you’ve insulated it a presume the paint won’t be going onto the inside face of timer, unless you’ve insulated from the outside?
Insulation is on the inside. The paint is going onto interior plywood/interior pine. No insulation on the outside (yet!)
 

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