Removing the Paint Smell from a Newly Painted Room

RE: Removing the Paint Smell from a Newly Painted Room Post By KDell (Guest Post) (11/28/2008) I need help! We used latex semi gloss in a bathroom and have tried EVERYTHING to get rid of the awful smell...onion, vinegar...and the BioWorld product with no success. My husband spent over $6000 on this remodel and I can't even go IN the room without getting a headache and feeling ill. HE thinks it's very unpleasant, as well. Used Dunn Edwards paint. Any ideas? Report Spam or Abuse RE: Removing the Paint Smell from a Newly Painted Room Post By Elle (Guest Post) (10/13/2008) The last time I painted my house, I used a product called BON-CC-41 from BioWorld Products. I had the painter add a little bit to the paint. I came home the day he was painting and just smelt a very faint paint smell. The next day it was pretty much gone. I even slept in the same room he had painted that day with no problems. I remember painting in the past and the smell would stay for a month sometimes. I was very pleased with them product! http://www.adbio.com/odor/odor-control.htm Report Spam or Abuse Removing the Paint Smell from a Newly Painted Room Post By paula (Guest Post) (08/11/2008) I work in an old blg with plaster walls, and really high ceilings. The painter fixed one of the plaster walls that had been damanged by water a while back, and repainted the entire office. I usually like the smell of paint, but the smell in here right smells like BO. Most people are telling me it's paint smell, but I'm saying it's BO. The painting was done on July 29th and today is August 11th and it still stinks. I've tried vinegar, commercial room deoderizers, Fabreeze, and nothing works. HELP Report Spam or Abuse RE: Removing the Paint Smell from a Newly Painted Room Post By cputrdoc (Guest Post) (10/20/2007) Believe it or not, the onion in water actually works. Y'know how in chemistry, acid+base = water + neutral biproduct? Seems like onion does the same thing for paint -- it neutralizes the paint smell, and without giving off a strong onion smell. I didn't think it would work, but it did for us. Report Spam or Abuse RE: Removing the Paint Smell from a Newly Painted Room Post By aquilino. (Guest Post) (12/31/2006) how to remove paint smell to newly painted bedroom,sala and kitchen Report Spam or Abuse RE: Removing the Paint Smell from a Newly Painted Room Post By katie (Guest Post) (07/24/2006) There's something called paint pourri but I dunno if it works well or not. Report Spam or Abuse RE: Removing the Paint Smell from a Newly Painted Room Post By beatit (Guest Post) (04/02/2006) My badroom have a really bad odor that i think is coming from the oil paint. tried the onion thing, and it doesn't work that well plus you and your home will smell like onion. i also tried putting ammonia in a bucket to leave over night. use it to clean the walls. you can also buy paint primar stain sealer called B-I-N. It will seal in the smell. hope these help. Report Spam or Abuse RE: Removing the Paint Smell from a Newly Painted Room Post by Great Granny Vi (366) | (01/27/2006) Profile | Contact I think I read that the odor is absorbed by the onion. And doesn't leave an onion smell. You might have to replace the onion a couple of times.And next time you paint add a little vanilla ( 1-2 teaspoonsful ) to the paint....If you are painting a light color use white vanilla. ( Watkins has it. ) Everyone should know that lighting a match will "soften" odors in the bathroom..Try it in your newly painted room. Just light a match and blow it out two or three times. Let us know if it works for you. best wishes,GG Vi Report Spam or Abuse RE: Removing the Paint Smell from a Newly Painted Room Post by keligator (29) | (01/26/2006) Contact Then my room would smell like onions??????? Report Spam or Abuse RE: Removing the Paint Smell from a Newly Painted Room Post by jessiworm (14) | (01/26/2006) Contact I read about this is a book once. You are supposed to put a cut onion in a bowl of water in the room. It's supposed to take care of the smell (by making it smell like onions???) I have never tried it so I don't know if it works or not. Report Spam or Abuse