So thinking of getting some proper heating in the garage and wondering what you guys recommend.

I unable to spend loads on professional fitted kit so was thinking butane heater, paraffin heater, halogen etc.

most interested to know if I can use infra red lights, could I use these to cure as well as give general room heat.

Chris.

I bought a 3kw fan heater and tried to draught proof the garage as much as possible for when I'm infusing. Be interested to hear other opinions as i'm a beginner

Beware "open flame" (direct) heaters by two reasons: By one side may be an explosion owed to aceton or other vapours. The other side, the open flame produces rests that con end over your molds's surfaces and inhibit resin´s curing.

ok so stay away from open flame heaters.

Very good solution is to use electric blankets. No good for post-cure temperatures, but great for initial cure temps. 

If your mould/part is small enough then you can also make a temp tent over it with a foot heater blowing in under it, just put a few weights around the edge and a let some of the air blow out the other end.

I use the very light disposable painters drop sheets from the hardware shop as they are so light they just float up into a nice balloon type tent.




I also recently used an LPG flame type heater/blower to heat my workshop for a particular infusion job, it worked fine but the fumes from burning LPG fill the shop and are really unpleasant.

I insulated the roof of my single garage/workshop a few years ago and now I can keep a constant 20 degree C with a 4kw fan heater. I also use an additional  2 kW heater and iv had the area on my bench upto 40 deg C.