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by Susan C
Sat Jul 04, 2009 6:27 pm
Forum: Decorating Forum
Topic: This paint stinks!!!!
Replies: 392
Views: 470224

[quote="SPINEY NORM"]It appears that these odours are not just with the Crown paint then? It is highly unlikely that the same formula is used by WiCKS and Crown? Someone once told me that the Dulux technical department told them that there is a component in some of the Dulux emulsions that...
by Susan C
Fri Jun 05, 2009 12:02 pm
Forum: Decorating Forum
Topic: This paint stinks!!!!
Replies: 392
Views: 470224

Hi again, Just a quick update. I painted my bedroon with one good coat of Crown ( I had it given me :roll: ) Alkali resistant primer on Tuesday. Applied it with a roller even though it said a brush on the tin. Kept all doors and windows shut when applying it and while it dried. Was not very hopeful ...
by Susan C
Tue Jun 02, 2009 2:14 pm
Forum: Decorating Forum
Topic: This paint stinks!!!!
Replies: 392
Views: 470224

Hi, Can anyone tell me if when they used the alkalhi primer they noticed the smell had gone before they repainted. I am fed up with having all the windows closed in all this nice weather. I was hoping over time that the smell would just go away but it has not. So tomorrow is primer day !!! What I do...
by Susan C
Fri Aug 01, 2008 9:38 pm
Forum: Decorating Forum
Topic: This paint stinks!!!!
Replies: 392
Views: 470224

Thanks for that information. But my paint is on plastered walls NOT wallpaper. My house is also 13 years old so the plaster is not new either. The more I think about it the more it has to be the paint. Overnight when its dark and the windows are open there is no smell. As soon as the light hits the ...
by Susan C
Tue Jul 29, 2008 5:47 pm
Forum: Decorating Forum
Topic: This paint stinks!!!!
Replies: 392
Views: 470224

Oh my God…I cannot believe I came across this web site by chance. We have developed an awful smell in the bedroom. I have described it as a cross between, damp/nettles and cat pee. When the smell first started I used to open the windows but this only made the smell worse. Unbearable infact. I was co...
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