Comments on: One Way to Reduce Paint Fumes

By: Bev

Bev — Sat, 25 Aug 2018 10:09:25 +0000

In reply to Ann Bruno. Anne did the smell ever go away? We are in our house for the first night and the smell is horrible! Our trim and kitchen cabinets were painted with oil base design paint.

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Break In Your New House to Make It Feel Like Home - Your Organized Life — Tue, 24 Jul 2018 14:59:52 +0000

[…] candles throughout the home to get rid of paint fumes. Better yet, burn sage (also known as smudging) as a way to dismiss negative energy and sanctify […]

By: Ann Bruno

Ann Bruno — Fri, 30 Mar 2018 05:27:02 +0000

My kitchen cabinets were painted with Benjamin Moore oil base paint Improvo off premises at painters offic. Then after drying for a couple of week they still smell. It’s been 17 days since installing them and they still smell. I have air wick plugged, sharper image air purifier and an onion PC hopped up and still the smell persists. I’m at a point of giving up now. Any suggestions?

By: Emonda

Emonda — Thu, 21 Dec 2017 20:20:28 +0000

I doubt these remedies work, except inside our minds. That’s probably good enough.

Onion? Vinegar? Candles? They may temporarily mask paint odors. That doesn’t mean those odors aren’t there. They are.