Enviromental Painting Questions and Concerns

Enviromental Painting Questions and Concerns

House painting questions pertaining to VOC's, weather and the problems that can arise, disposing of left over chemicals, etc.

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• Paint Smell - I hired an artist to paint my nursery in April. We have been airing it out for over 3 months (fans and open windows), and it still smells like paint. I am now using a HEPA air purifier, and it has not helped either. I am not using the room until...
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• Old paint smell. - Recently I used some old paint that was leftover from the house being built approximately 5 years ago. It had a moldy smell. Now the whole room has the smell. It is not a terrible smell and you cannot smell it outside the room. It is going to be a...
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• Baby nearby. - Newborn in the house and we are painting, what is the safest paint?
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• High Humidity Painting - We live in Minnesota, which has very high humidity in the summer. I'd like to start painting the house (two story and has about half shingle siding) so it's done by winter - but I'm worried about the effect of the humidity. Am I doomed to wait unt...
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• Eliminate nicotine odor from home I am purchasing. - I am purchasing a home that has a very strong nicotine smell. The seller has painted over the smoke but not with a primer. How do I get rid of the smell?
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• Painting before rainy season. - Will it be fine for house painting now? Will it get destroyed in rainy season? The painting will get over by 6 to 7 days.
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• Painting During Pollen Season - Can you still paint your house during the pollen season in the South?
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• Painting when the temperature goes down below freezing at night. - Can you paint the outside of your house if the temperatures at night & most of the day is below freezing. My painter is trying to get me to let him paint the house, but I think it is too cold in north Ga. right now. It has been very wet & very c...
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• Priming T-111 in Winter - I have a cottage (new construction) with T-111 siding. The builders are telling me to prime it asap, so I can get my final inspection from the county. However, the local paint store is saying wait for spring. I am in northern California and we'...
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• How long between priming and painting? - My question: I started painting the exterior of my home (trim only) I scraped, sanded and primed but then winter hit ( in the high dessert of So. Cal not too bad ) but too cold to continue and I haven't been able to get the final top/finish coat a...
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• Painting a wall with water base paint. - Is it wise to paint dry walls inside the house while it is raining outside? Does humidity play a part?
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• Interior Painting In Winter - Is it wise to paint your home interior in Canadian winter when the outside temperature is freezing? Does it create some harmful fumes for the inhabitants of the home if you are using water based paints? Does it affects its finish and how much ti...
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• Should I wait for the exterior wood to dry before beginning the exterior house painting? - I live in Houston, Tx. and am needing to know how long , after weeks of soaking rain & cold that we have been experiencing, should I wait for the exterior wood to dry before beginning the process of power washing and proper exterior wood preparati...
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• Paint exterior asbestos shingles in cool weather. - Is it OK to paint exterior asbestos shingles in 40-50 degrees weather? Thinking about paint outside of home over the holidays.
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• Paint the outside wall of my house in the winter. - Is it alright to paint the outside wall of my house in the winter?
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• Prevent Fungus - Is there a paint available in the market to prevent the fungus in the closed apartment?
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• Exterior painting and temperature. - What is the lowest temperature that is acceptable to paint exterior of house?
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• Too cool to prime/paint? - OK, its going to be 50 degrees for the next four days, then some rain-maybe. Trim has been sanded down to bare wood (90%). I need to prime, latex or oil? Thinned or not to thin?? Night time temps will hit 30-35. What type of Primer? Latex going on...
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• Exterior painting going into the wet PNW fall. - We are taking bids on an exterior painting job in Vancouver, WA. We are going into a wet Fall season with temps in the 50's and intermittent rain predicted for the the foreseeable future. Advisable to wait until spring or OK do do now? Thanks
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• Choosing right type of paint based on climate. - For painting a house in a tropical country, where weather is generally very hot (100 degree F) and highly humid (90%). Is it better to use a acrylic paint or Oil bound distemper?
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• Interior Painting During Rain - Should I paint inside while it's raining outside?
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• Catchwater roof systems and elastomeric paint - I have an earthship, with a rubber (EPDM) roof. The roof is designed to catch rain and snow into a cistern for household use. Is elastomeric paint safe for this kind of roof, or will it contaminate the cistern water? (I do not use the cistern wate...
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• Staining Garage - If rain is possible when should I stain my barn?
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• Paint issue 1 month after paint completion. - I am having an issue with a bathroom that I had painted recently. 1 month ago I painted the interior master bathroom with Lowes semi-gloss paint. It did not go on well and I needed to use multiple coats (in some areas up to 4 coats). I placed fans...
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• What are the out-gasing and health aspects of using a catayltic lacquer? - I'm concerned about the health concerns related to use of job site and shop applied catalytic lacquers for installation into green rated homes.
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