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Paint Fumes

Nikki

Nikki

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I was painting our bathroom with Kilz (not sure if you're familiar with it, but it helps paint stick to wallpaper, etc). I had the window open and fans blowing, yet I got so dizzy that I almost fell off the stool I was standing on. I still feel dizzy and it's been about an hour now. I can literally taste the paint. UGH! We've got the bathroom closed off, windows open, and fans blowing the fumes outside, yet it still stinks to high heavens in there! I felt better after sitting outside for a while, but I'm still dizzy and shaky.

What are we supposed to do now?! We still have 2 more walls to paint!
 
If you go to the hardware store you can buy the paper masks that will take out a LOT of the toxicity. Or you can wrap towels around your face. The towels get real hot but do the trick. Another trick is like when cutting an onion. Hold a piece of bread in your mouth hanging out. The bread will absorb much of the fumes coming toward your nose. Personally, I would rather just go pick up a pack of the paper masks. That is some powerful paint you are using.
 
:o With warnings like that I think I would have rather went through the hassel of peeling off the wall paper.

Sorry Nikki I didn't mean to sound insensitive. :sad But the warnings are scary :o
How are you feeling now?
 
I'm ok. I can still literally taste the paint though. UGH. I went in there and quickly painted the last little bit. It's just a small bathroom, so I took a deep breath each time I went in, then when I was running out of breath, I'd stop painting, quickly run out, grab a deep breath of fresh air and continue... :lol:

That stuff is POTENT though! I did a search on the net and found that the latex based kind isn't as potent. I've used it before and never remembered it being this bad, so I must have had the latex kind. We used it on our daughters furniture. The stuff works GREAT! I'll just make sure to look for "latex" on the can next time.
 
Nikki,

You should not use the paper masks as protection against the fumes of the paint. I know for a fact that such masks are not engineered to keep organic, chemical fumes out of your lungs. I work with toxic chemicals frequently and use a respirator with the appropriately rated filters when doing so. The masks Lyric's Dad has suggested you use are meant to keep particles of dust and such like out of your respiratory tract, not toxic fumes.

Hope you feel better soon!

In Christ, Aiki.
 
Being such a small space, definitely don't spend a lot of time in there. Paint a little bit then stop and go where you can get fresh air and do that at intervals until you're done. Also use the fan in the window to suck air out and the other fan to blow into the room. That should help the air circulate better. Aiki is right about the dust masks, they won't help at all with the fumes.
 
Well, they worked for me. Hmmm, maybe I just inhaled so many I didn't realize it. That might explain a few things..... :-D
 
Keep it well ventilated, and paint for short periods of time. Thats what I had to do in my bathroom :? blarg it was a pain..
 
I'm sorry to tell you this, but Kilz doesn't work that well over wall paper. It still peels and then the paint comes off in sheets any way. You probably should have gotten a steamer and taken the paper off of the wall. :-?

I hate wall paper, it stinks to put up, take down and it doesn't really look that good anyway.
 
Ez-stripper.

it stinks, and it will burn your cuticles, but it works pretty well. That and a scraper..
 
This is what you need lol

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Take the wallpaper off instead. I've done it on many rooms in our house, and I loathe doing it because it's so time consuming (and in some cases, very difficult), but at least I know that afterwards with a good coat of primer, the paint will stay on for a very, very long time.
 
KnarfKS said:
I'm sorry to tell you this, but Kilz doesn't work that well over wall paper. It still peels and then the paint comes off in sheets any way. You probably should have gotten a steamer and taken the paper off of the wall. :-?

I hate wall paper, it stinks to put up, take down and it doesn't really look that good anyway.
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We've actually used it in 2 other rooms (bathroom and bedroom) about 3 years ago and the paint has never peeled. We've had no problems.
 
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