Sunday, February 21, 2010

How can you decrease the odor from paints, especially indoor rooms?

We are painting the rooms in our house, the paint we are using seems to linger for days. It is a good quality paint. I am just very sensitive to the smell, any ideas, products, etc. would be welcomedHow can you decrease the odor from paints, especially indoor rooms?
The decorating shows suggest vanilla extract. It really does work! Keep the windows open from the top if you can, unless there is a lot of dust or dirt around. Keep a fan blowing to keep the air circulating. If you can stand it, use a mask from the paint section, these really do help. Or even a bandana over your nose/mouth. Sounds weird, but you can even put something like Vicks vapor rub under your nose, suck on a mint, too. These really do help! Happy painting!How can you decrease the odor from paints, especially indoor rooms?
I've found that the smell does depend on the brand of paint. I've used Kelly-Moore paints and found that they don't have as heavy an odor as other paints and that the little odor there is dissipates quickly.
Try opening all the windows in the room for a day and blowing some fans in there as well, light candles...
Some paint retailers sell additives that can be mixed with paint to mask the odor. I have used vanilla extract in oil based paint before. It works pretty well.

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