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by duechristmas
Sun Jul 28, 2013 2:01 pm
Forum: Decorating Forum
Topic: This paint stinks!!!!
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Re: This paint stinks!!!!

*UPDATE* the paint smell has finally cleared from my daughter's room three months on. The dining room has just been redecorated with Zinsser and new paint and another room in the house that I used new brushes and rollers over plaster that had only been painted once now smells of gas too - this was a...
by duechristmas
Tue Jun 25, 2013 11:14 pm
Forum: Decorating Forum
Topic: This paint stinks!!!!
Replies: 392
Views: 470302

Re: This paint stinks!!!!

We're two months on from applying the sealer now, the two walls where we stripped the paper are fine, no smell of anything. The two where we left the paper on have a smell (of paint) strong enough to make you feel sick if you spend any time in there. I'm now resigned to calling in a decorator to str...
by duechristmas
Wed May 22, 2013 8:59 pm
Forum: Decorating Forum
Topic: This paint stinks!!!!
Replies: 392
Views: 470302

Re: This paint stinks!!!!

PVA is white 'school glue' you'll know the smell when you smell it. You can buy it in big containers in diy sores and in smaller containers in hobby places (if you wanted to do a test run first).

We're STILL waiting for the primer smell to go (almost 3 weeks)
by duechristmas
Fri May 17, 2013 9:10 pm
Forum: Decorating Forum
Topic: This paint stinks!!!!
Replies: 392
Views: 470302

Re: This paint stinks!!!!

We're 2 weeks on from our repaint of our daughter's smelly room, in the interests of Science we took three approaches. We used Zinsser BIN on the radiator cover and a small section of the wall. Total success, no smell whatsoever now but a very expensive option as each can only managed 1-2 square met...
by duechristmas
Sun Apr 28, 2013 5:49 pm
Forum: Decorating Forum
Topic: This paint stinks!!!!
Replies: 392
Views: 470302

Re: This paint stinks!!!!

We painted my daughter's bedroom a month ago using Homebase Just One Coat Buttermilk. It had previously been painted 8 years ago over paper. We prepped the walls, painted and it looked fine. Last week as the weather warmed up we turned the heating off and the window started to be left open ... and t...
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