Paint Fumes

[clairelb]

 Do any of you know of any simple ways to reduce the smell of paint - e.g. placing an onion in the room?  We’re having the whole house decorated and whilst we’ve tried to use low odour paint as much as possible, there have been a few tins that seemed to have slipped through the net and it stinks.  Made me feel quite ill last night.  Windows are wide open by the way.

Thank you.

[Buenchico]

I've got no direct answer here (possibly because I rather like the smell of paint!) but there's current discussion going on about this topic on CureZone. Check this link - responses to the original question are obtained by clicking on the links under the grey box:

http://curezone.com/forums/m.asp?f=362&i=9392

Hoping this helps,

Chris

[Hamish]

I would try to sleap in another room than the one you are painting. Whilest there are a lot of low oder paints now and many based on water, I think a lot of gloss paints will still build up a smell over time. After 24-48 hrs the smell should have dispersed.