I purchased a gallon of Clark and Kensington paint and primer in one from Ace Hardware. The color my daughter picked out is lemon grass. Since day one of painting it has a very pronounced smell similar to pickles. I know it's green paint, but really. Is there a chemical reaction going on with the mixes to prepare it. How do I rid of it? By the way it's day 4 now and it still stinks.
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I have smelled bad paint smells and described them in many ways, but a pickle smell is new to me, but apparently a lot of people have that smell response to paints. I googled it and found NUMEROUS hits for it!
So when I have had bad smells in a room after painting (usually the paint, but one time it was a sandwich that one of my helper friends left a piece of under the tarp on a hot day--that was an easy fix)..by clearing your nose by standing outside for a few minutes then walking into the room and putting your nose right up to the painted wall.
If it is indeed the paint, which most likely it will be since paint STINKS, take the cans back to the store and ask what they will do to make the situation right.
You may want them to replace it with a low volatile organic compounds VOCs paint or a different brand, but sadly that means repainting (UGH). They may suggest a top coat, but in my experience, that has its own issues and I have had it cause the color to change just slightly enough that I hated it.
If the store won't offer a solution, you may want to go right to the Ace corporate offices. Their contact info is www.acehardware.com/
Good luck! If you need short term solutions for getting the room to smell better...ask and the group can give you some!
Air out the room well and use fans. It will dissipate
I've read some articles and forums that say if the pickles smell does not dissipate in a month, you should prime the walls and repaint.
Please return to Ace and explain your problem. You can carry your receipt or the paint can with you but most likely they will help you solve this problem. I have always found them very helpful and eager to help but if they do not offer assistance then (or a good solution/explanation) then feel free to contact the major office.
some people say that the vile smell comes from the volatile organic compounds in the paint decaying, which could very well have mold spores living in them as well as an actual bacterial infection, as most latex paint are now becoming low or zero voc, they have lowered a lot of the solvents that are in paint that fight bacterial growth.
And also many people report that the smell simply does NOT go away, and even forces some to not only repaint but replace drywall, etc www.nbcwashington.com/
some people had good luck adding a quarter cup of vinegar into paint, or heating up a room/baking it and ventilating it to get rid of odours diy.stackexchange.com/
but if it were easy enough to return the paint nd buy non-mouldy paint, that would probably be best
Hey! So I work at an Ace Hardware and have had people come in with these complaints. No matter what brand of paint, most companies will tell you to wait it out, or repaint. Every brand we sell (Valspar, Clark and Kensington, and Royal) hhave guarantees for these situations.
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