Recently we changed 11 panel plywood covered doors varnished for these fake woodgrain ones whose paintwork was already primed. After the painter applied one coat of oil based under coat we noticed a fairly heavy odour. We opened all windows during the application and put fans around the bungalow to exhaust the fumes to the outside. Over the next two days he top coated with a high voc satinwood paint and the fumes increased considerably. Despite exhausting the fumes as best we could we had to sleep in the property and since that time we have all developed throat and chest problems.
The questiona are the folowing
1 is there a recommendation that for all internal hardwood skinned doors you should only use a water based or low voc paint.
2 - Are their any other members with similar experiences?
3 - Is the reason for the contining out gasing 7 days later that hollow doors of hardboard absorb the paint to a great depth and that it also exhausts internally to the cavity and when the central heating comes on
it continues to out gas into the rooms.
We removed all the majority of doors yesterday and the paint odour after central heating goes on is considerable less.
If anyone has advice or similar experiences it will be gratefully received.
Many thanks
ianb
The questiona are the folowing
1 is there a recommendation that for all internal hardwood skinned doors you should only use a water based or low voc paint.
2 - Are their any other members with similar experiences?
3 - Is the reason for the contining out gasing 7 days later that hollow doors of hardboard absorb the paint to a great depth and that it also exhausts internally to the cavity and when the central heating comes on
it continues to out gas into the rooms.
We removed all the majority of doors yesterday and the paint odour after central heating goes on is considerable less.
If anyone has advice or similar experiences it will be gratefully received.
Many thanks
ianb