Well the preventative measures are useless right now guys.
The OP , like many mentioned already, do a big WC
The OP , like many mentioned already, do a big WC
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Is there Any Way you can seal off the tank in question, in a different room completely? Any chance to change so low VOC paints?How did this turn out?
We’re getting ready to have our kitchen cabinets painted and concerned about the VOCs. The paint is oil based and the smell is supposed to be so bad we’ll need to stay out of the house for 4 days…
Has anyone else dealt with this? Any recommendations? Good tip about turning off the skimmer
I use the gel. I wear contact lenses and the lens will absorb all chemicals sprayed in the air.They do make solids and gels. Just sayin
I hope all your animals are not affected in any way. Sorry this happened to you.Everything is fine in my system, I have not done an ICP test so no elevated levels of contamination that I know about.
I would get fresh for the skimmer from running a tube from outside to the air intake for the skimmer. My best guess is that 95% or more of the paint got in through the air intake of the skimmer.
I don’t believe the smell of the painting caused any problems, I believe it was particles of paint that were in the air got drawn into the air intake.
You may even be able to get by with just turning off the scammers while they are painting in a few hours after they’re done.
Is there Any Way you can seal off the tank in question, in a different room completely? Any chance to change so low VOC paints?
I would be hooking up box fans on in wide open windows, pulling clean air through the kitchen after, and exhausting it away from the tank.
As stated above, skimmer should not be drawing the inside air into the tank. Same with any air pump.
You don't want to circulate it. You want to draw only fresh air across it.can’t seal it off in another room. The tank is literally adjacent to the kitchen in an open living room area.
I can seal it off with plastic sheeting, although not sure what the effect on gas exchange and evaporation will be.
will think about how to use fans to circulate the air as much as possible
You don't want to circulate it. You want to draw only fresh air across it.
I personally, would not let them paint my cabinets with any paint that you need to be out of the house for.can’t seal it off in another room. The tank is literally adjacent to the kitchen in an open living room area.
I can seal it off with plastic sheeting, although not sure what the effect on gas exchange and evaporation will be.
will think about how to use fans to circulate the air as much as possible
I'm not a paint pro.Thanks.
I’m considering that as an option but based on the research I’ve done, oil based is far superior to water or latex based, which seem to have durability and quality issues. And it seems you can’t paint cabinets with water/latex based paint over oil based painted cabinets, which mine are.
painting kitchen cabinets is fairly common and hoping someone has some experience with this so that I can learn and weigh the risk and take the necessary precautions.