by sorbustree123 »
Fri Nov 12, 2021 8:41 am
Hello. I'm really hoping this forum is still in use and that someone might be able to help. We used some Valspar Trade Pure brilliant white Matt Emulsion paint to repaint a room in our house, washed down with sugar soap first, and after the walls stank like cat pee! We've did some research online and discovered that this is a known problem... mainly via this forum! We followed the advice and repainted the walls with two coats of Zinsser BIN. This seemed to have helped and the cat pee smell went away. Last night I applied the first coat of Farrow and Ball on top of the Zinsser BIN and the room now smells very odd and strongly, almost like liquorice or hay. It goes away when the window is open and the room is ventilated. It's bizarre and we have no idea what to try next, plus it's costing a lot of time and money to fix. We have new carpets going down at in a couple of weeks' time, so we really want to resolve this issue ASAP. Look forward to hearing from you all and thanks in advance!