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Title: Paint precautions?
Post by: Queen-Penguin on September 09, 2007, 02:33:46 AM: Hi all

I am going to be painting my flat in the next few days and I was just wondering on what precautions I should take with Menue? Is paint nowdays very fumey? I havent painted for years!
Title: Re: Paint precautions?
Post by: blackcat on September 09, 2007, 07:12:51 AM: HI QP, I am in the process of painting the pantry that was installed on Friday. Oddly the paint barely smells at all, however Smidgen has a few more white patches than he used to and some of the gloss surfaces have a distinctly mohair effect. So my advice would be to keep her in a separate room ... Going back to sand back and start over once more .................

Oh, I am using Wickes emulsion and their water-based gloss, which also takes a while to dry I have discovered. It is still a bit sticky from yesterday.
Title: Re: Paint precautions?
Post by: Ela on September 09, 2007, 08:05:14 AM: Quote
Is paint nowdays very fumey?

You can buy paint nowadays that it not supposed to smell.
Title: Re: Paint precautions?
Post by: Catjane on September 09, 2007, 13:56:09 PM: Definitely best to keep them out of the room whilst decorating, and for about 48 hours afterwards - even though the fumes don't smell as bad as they used to, they are still best not breathed in. I decorated a few weeks ago and my lot were banned for three days, and I tried to keep the window open as much as possible during that time to help the fumes to clear. Best not let them get paint on their coats, either, as some cats will try to lick it off - not good!
Title: Re: Paint precautions?
Post by: CurlyCatz on September 10, 2007, 09:45:40 AM: If they do get some paint on them dont panic too much, only last week i repainted the floor of the cats shed with white silk emulsion and locked the cat flap so they couldnt get in, of course our seb had to barge his way INTO the cat shed through the locked and boarded up flap and must have spent a night in there as he then couldnt get out, luckily the paint had been almost dry but he still had white on his paws but no ill effects :tired:
Title: Re: Paint precautions?
Post by: Pinkbear (Julie) on September 10, 2007, 10:48:16 AM: I love chucking problems like that at the paint company's Technical Advice department. Ask them for a copy of the product's technical data sheet. That will show you exactly whats in it and the recommended ways of using it. Flash points. Toxins. everything... ;)
Title: Re: Paint precautions?
Post by: lisa77 on September 10, 2007, 13:29:17 PM: You can now buy Odouless paint from most DIY stores ;D
Title: Re: Paint precautions?
Post by: Gemma H (Akandra) on September 10, 2007, 18:46:35 PM: The paint I used for my living room smelt of black cherry yoghurt. That might only make the cats more interested though ...
Title: Re: Paint precautions?
Post by: Gill (sneakiefeline) on September 11, 2007, 23:15:12 PM: Oh my Sebastian, I am pleased he has not changed :rofl: :rofl:

Emulsion is a waterbased paint so not a lot of problem cos it will wash off.
Title: Re: Paint precautions?
Post by: CurlyCatz on September 11, 2007, 23:16:36 PM: He doesnt change, only seems to get worse in his old age :tired:
Title: Re: Paint precautions?
Post by: Queen-Penguin on September 12, 2007, 00:53:35 AM: Paint didnt smell at all! I got more on my than I did the walls and Menue was asleep the entire time I was painting!