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by Sapphy
Fri May 25, 2012 12:41 pm
Forum: Decorating Forum
Topic: This paint stinks!!!!
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Re: This paint stinks!!!!

Well ... I had real problems with this last summer but over the winter the smell thankfully seemed to go away ... sadly the past few days with the higher temperatures and the windows open a gassy whiff has returned but nowhere near as bad as lat year. The problem is we could do with doing some more ...
by Sapphy
Tue Jul 12, 2011 9:28 pm
Forum: Decorating Forum
Topic: This paint stinks!!!!
Replies: 392
Views: 472278

I am beginning to think that stripping the paper off may be the best way forward ... I am not convinced about the primer solution and the smell is driving me insane. Rather oddly, my DH and son don't seem as sensitive to the smell in fact DH only gets the occasional whiff and can't understand the pr...
by Sapphy
Thu Jul 07, 2011 8:26 am
Forum: Decorating Forum
Topic: This paint stinks!!!!
Replies: 392
Views: 472278

Thanks for this Popsicle. The odour is very strange and coming from specific areas ... I think I will do a test on a patch of wall behind a door which tends to smell very strongly before tackling the whole area ... I might try with an oil-based undercoat first to see if that does the trick. Can I as...
by Sapphy
Sun Jul 03, 2011 5:52 pm
Forum: Decorating Forum
Topic: This paint stinks!!!!
Replies: 392
Views: 472278

Just stumbled across this forum while trying to work out why my newly painted walls in the hall and landing are giving off a gassy smell intermittently. We papered with lining paper before painting with Johnstone's Covaplus Matt Emulsion two months ago now but the smell is still coming and going. We...
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