smelly wallpaper / paste

[Christopher14bw]

I am a decorator of 30 years experience.

In my own home I stripped a small room previously wallpaper some 10 years ago. re-plasterd a small area and painted the door and window in the normal way. I left the plaster to completely to dry out before re-papering.

I used the popular brand of paste beginning with "s" and a leading wallpaper. Shortly after finishing the room there was a strong smell of wall paper paste as it it had gone off and the smell is just as strong some 8 weeks after.

Has anyone else had this experience and is there anything I can do to stop the smell. The room is completely dry

 

[Growler]

Open windows and doors and let some air into t'shop.

 

[joe-90]

You can't have smell without evaporation (your nose smells the particles). If you think of those air freshener gels you'll know what I mean. If it is really dry then the source of the smell is elsewhere.