Asthma / dizziness after using Zinsser Bulls Eye 1-2-3

[diyer1234321]

Hello,

Three weeks ago I started redecorating a bedroom.

I've removed the old wallpaper, cleaned the wall and sprayed Zinsser Bulls Eye 1-2-3 as a base coat on the previously unpainted plasterboard surface. I left the previously painted surfaces as is, just cleaned them with soapy water.

A week later, I applied two coats of Dulux Walls & Ceilings Matt on the entire walls and ceiling, again with a sprayer. I've done all work whilst wearing a respirator. After the job was done, the bedroom door was kept closed, and the window open.

Next day, I came to the bedroom to check the results. I immediately felt a bit dizzy, blood pressure raised, a bit of a scratchy throat and mild asthma symptoms (I've been asthmatic for years). I don't think this was a reaction to the paint as I've painted two rooms before with that one, also with a sprayer.

I removed the old carpet with blots of paint on it and then decided to give the bedroom a week more to ventilate with the window open. Then another week. That helped, but only slightly.

Also, now, three weeks after I applied Zinsser, I can smell the difference between the areas of the wall where it was sprayed and wasn't.

What are my options here, realistically? Remove the paint and the undercoat, with a sander, and repaint? Stick wallpaper on top? I must say I'm clueless as I didn't expect anything like this at all.

 

[JohnD]

Ventilate it. The faster the vapours go, the sooner they will be gone.

I find paint fumes give me migraines, but only after I have been painting a room. They will mostly be gone a day after fully dry, and drop rapidly.

If fumes affect you, I would have thought spraying a poor choice.

 

[diyer1234321]

It's been ventilating for three weeks. This is an ensuite, and I opened the windows in both the bedroom and a bathroom, to ensure strong airflow.

 

[JohnD]

IMO it is the only option that will help.

You may still be able to smell it, but PPM of solvents will be hugely less.

 

[conny]

With both windows open, and the bedroom door closed, you will get a poor draught through.
Either, open the bedroom door a bit, or put a desk/pedestal fan near the bedroom window to try and draw the air out. This should, hopefully, create a draw through of different air.

 

[diyer1234321]

The draught is so strong it manages to open the bathroom cabinet and I had to place a heavy chair next to the ensuite door, otherwise the draught would shut it.