Modern methods for tackling smoke damage

[73jonathan123]

Hi there, I see there's plenty of advice about painting over interior smoke damage but most threads are years old.

I'm dealing with the aftermath of a chip pan fire. The room has been professionally cleaned and the smell has gone but there's a lot of staining.

The ceiling is white and the walls are yellow.

A.I. is telling me 2 coats of a shellac based primer like Zinsser should stop any bleeding, then 3 coats of good quality emulsion should do it.

Any advice on this would be very much appreciated as I've kept the incident secret and I'm attempting to complete the job before any family members visit.

 

[Wayners]

Yeah. Zinsser BIN or Smith and Rodger blockade.
To prepare
Wash down best you can with a sponge mop and by hand.
Let it dry and use the shellac. Medium pile roller and mini roller and brush.
You will need to sheet up as well with masking. Drop plastic ect.
Any splashs will be welded on and won't come off.
Meths with remove wet shellac though.
Give it 3+ hours although overnight is better. You could do with carbon mask as the smell is not good for you. A real lung killer..
Get going with the emulsion over.

 

[opps]

Yeah. Zinsser BIN or Smith and Rodger blockade.
To prepare
Wash down best you can with a sponge mop and by hand.
Let it dry and use the shellac. Medium pile roller and mini roller and brush.
You will need to sheet up as well with masking. Drop plastic ect.
Any splashs will be welded on and won't come off.
Meths with remove wet shellac though.
Give it 3+ hours although overnight is better. You could do with carbon mask as the smell is not good for you. A real lung killer..
Get going with the emulsion over.

I agree with most of your post, but the smell is only alcohol. That said, when painting a whole room, yeah a charcoal filter mask makes sense. I have only ever used it on whole rooms a few times.

From memory, you don't like ammonia, but it will completely break down any shellac splashes. Meths thins it, which is fine for splashes though.

To the OP, if you are not particularly sensitive to household ammonia, you can use it to clean your brushes and roller. Do not use foam rollers with shellac paints though, the alcohol makes them double in size and become floppy.