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robynfs
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Paint Smell ... is it safe?
My house is being painted this week and they are moving into the bedrooms today and tomorrow. SO is out of town...is it safe to sleep in the bedrooms...the smell is rough!
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Posted 10/18/07 9:21 AM  |
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BlondeJD
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Re: Paint Smell ... is it safe?
To be honest, I would NOT sleep in the bedroom tonight. My friend's family is in the contracting business and he almost had a heart attack when I told him that DH and I slept in our bedroom the day we painted it. Apparently, the fumes are kind of dangerous. I'd sleep on the couch.
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| Posted 10/18/07 9:25 AM |
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danielleandscott
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Re: Paint Smell ... is it safe?
I wouldnt sleep there until the paint is completely dry and the smell is gone
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| Posted 10/18/07 9:28 AM |
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Christine
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Re: Paint Smell ... is it safe?
I think you would be fine for latex based paint. Just keep the rooms well ventillated. The paint dries pretty quickly.
I don't think I could stand the smell of oil based paints and probably wouldn't be able to sleep there.
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| Posted 10/18/07 9:38 AM |
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robynfs
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Re: Paint Smell ... is it safe?
Hmmmm I appreciate all your responses. The smell is pretty bad but the den is being painted today too...so I guess I have to find the least noxious one of them all. I have no friends here yet to stay with either.
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| Posted 10/18/07 9:45 AM |
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robynfs
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Re: Paint Smell ... is it safe?
Posted by Christine
I think you would be fine for latex based paint. Just keep the rooms well ventillated. The paint dries pretty quickly.
I don't think I could stand the smell of oil based paints and probably wouldn't be able to sleep there.
Is most paint Latex based....should I ask the painters?
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| Posted 10/18/07 9:46 AM |
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cjik
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Re: Paint Smell ... is it safe?
I would ask the painters, but most paint you buy these days is latex. I'm not even sure oil house paint is legal in NYS anymore.
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| Posted 10/18/07 11:06 AM |
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lcherian
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Re: Paint Smell ... is it safe?
i would not sleep in the rooms for a few days. i don't care if it's latex based or what--it's still full of chemicals.
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| Posted 10/18/07 11:38 AM |
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PotofLuck06
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Re: Paint Smell ... is it safe?
I'd give it one night and have all the windows open in the house.
We moved inside our home and it smelled like paint, and it had been done in Oct (we moved in Feb), but no one had aired out the house, or lived there for 3-4 months. We were there for a week and the smell disappeare.d
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| Posted 10/18/07 11:42 AM |
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