I'm going to be painting my basement floor this weekend (actually half of it, I painted the other half a few weeks ago). I'm using latex paint, and the guy in the paint store recommended that I set up a dehumidifier to get the water out of the air so the paint would dry faster, since there's very little ventilation in the basement. I don't have a dehumidifier, but I do have a small air conditioner I'm not using (it came with the house). If I set it up over the slop sink so the water goes down the drain, would this do the same job? I know it's probably not as energy efficient, but I'm thinking in the short term, it'll probably only run a couple days.
What do you think?