Is indoor ACRYLIC painting bad for the respiratory?

Is indoor acrylic painting bad for the respiratory system?Is indoor ACRYLIC painting bad for the respiratory?
There is absolutely nothing toxic in either acrylic artist paints or acrylic artist gesso. It is water based paint and it never has any warning labels on either the tubes or jars of acrylic artist paint you can buy. It produces no fumes, it does not effect allergies nor anyone's respiratory systems, cause cancer and any known ill effect. Which is exactly why there are no warning labels on acrylic artist paints.





If anyone tells you otherwise, like a hubby or sister or parent or neighbor, they are cluelessly wrong.





Edit: Prince, I doubt if she is talking about spray painting acrylic paint to do her acrylic paintings. So I gave her the right reply based on her usage of acrylic paint.





The state of California puts warning labels on damn near everything. They do so on acrylic paints with cadmium pigments because cadmium pigments are synthetically made and include metallic particles in the paint making process. The synthetically made pigments are completely harmless to 999999.99% of the artists who use solid acrylic paint. If is highly unlikely that the person asking here would ever become one of the 000000.01%, the one in a million nutcase, who would try to liquify solid acrylic artist paint down to be able to use as a spray paint.





As I said, California puts warning labels on everything to appease every overly cautious, overly protective mommy and daddy. No other state has such warning labels on artist acrylic paints except California. No one else is concerned about the one in a million nutcase user and misuser of the paint.





I gave her the right reply.Is indoor ACRYLIC painting bad for the respiratory?
I paint in the house all the time. This type of painting is safe. I use Acrylics and have found that they produce just a little scent when drying but nothing that you can't live with and after a while the smell is gone. I should know, I am one of those people that strange smells drive me up the wall and I do not mind the smell of acrylic at all. Also as long as it is water based you will be fine, they are not toxic. Now when you get into oils that is a different story.
I must be one of the clueless ones Doc was talking about.


I am sitting here looking at a tube of Cadmium red acrylic tube paint.


It says ';WARNING:DO NOT SPRAY APPLY- This product contains Cadmium, a chemical known to the state of Calfornia to cause cancer by means of inhalation.';





That is about it. You can brush or knife this onto the canvas just fine, just don't breathe it by spraying it with an airbrush or sanding it.


Acrylics (other than a few pigments like cadmium) are pretty safe. I use them inside all the time too.


I do like to open the window a bit for ventilation anyhow though. (even when not painting )





My point is that you should always check and read the warning labels just to be sure.
If it's art paint, like in the tubes, your should be fine. Its water based so its not that bad.


http://www.setonresourcecenter.com/msds/鈥?/a>


check under Control Measures


However if you are painting on canvas and decide to use gesso as a prep, I'm not sure how that is indoors





Have Fun!
Not necessarily. Just dont eat it, or put brushes in your mouth like vangogh used to do with oil paints... If you fine your self not agree to the smell of the paints, then use a small fan, open windows, or use your central air.... I hope this helped. Just becareful your paint doesnt dry up quick before you apply to the surface......
It's fine but do try to avoid accidentally cleaning your brushes in your coffee !
I have been doing it.


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very funny Lidybeff...I gave You an star





done that,....ha!ha!