Looking to re do a room, looking for paint which does not smell ( maybe less than a week )

 

Any advice ?

 

 

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Wood or concrete surface?


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I used this 2 weelk ago to paint my living room, concrete walls, didn't smell at all the next morning. Its nano paint, whatever that means and was more expensive than reg paint. I did have a few fans running all nite with windows open though...


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I used this 2 weelk ago to paint my living room, concrete walls, didn't smell at all the next morning. Its nano paint, whatever that means and was more expensive than reg paint. I did have a few fans running all nite with windows open though... 

 

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Sorry couldn't load photos, brand name is beger.

 

 

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Thanks very much !


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Used to put onions, cut in half, around the room when glossing wood. Some people recommend charcoal for smelly food, might work with smelly paint.

I believe all the major brands of Paint sold in Thailand have at least one series of interior latex paint that is "low odor".  It will be clearly stated on the paint brochure and paint bucket. In Buriram I bought Nippon AirCare interior House paint and it clearly stated Low Odour on the bucket and brochure in both Thai and English. I quite enjoyed the offer from this woman to perform a personal service or a painting job in Buriram. I did realize that Stanley had hand tools, but she offered to paint my house by hand with the Stanley Paint Brush.  Of course I said "Paint my house".  

If you buy the premium paint whatever brand, it will not have the "paint smell" within hours after application.  The lower grade paints can have the smell last for weeks.

7 hours ago, grollies said:

Used to put onions, cut in half, around the room when glossing wood. Some people recommend charcoal for smelly food, might work with smelly paint.

Or, apparently, cat litter (bentonite).  The other day I was reading about "other uses for cat litter" and it seems to soak up all odors, not just cat urine/poop.

As I recall it was the high gloss (oil based) paints that carried the smell. If you can get water based gloss then thats the key.

 

The downside often is that the low odour(water based) paints dont have the quality of gloss finish that the oil based do.

 

However as someone has alluded to above, more people seem to know how to get rid of a paint smell rather than what casues it.

 

My recommendation for absorbing paint smells is charcoal. You must wet it first and then leave a few chumps in a saucer.

charcoal about 10bt a bag from the local shop.

 

use with a fan and the smell is gone in no time.

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If you look at the bi-lingual paint brochures of Nippon paint, TOA paint, Dulux Paint, Beger Paint in Thailand you can see which series of interior house paint are "low odor".  It will indicate this on the paint company brochures that any paint shop or home improvement store has in the paint department. Quite often a decorator will specify an oil based paint for wooden door frames, wooden doors, fiberglass doors in Thailand. I am of the belief that oil based paint on Shera cement fiber wood lasts years longer than water based exterior paint on Fascia boards. I recently painted with water based Nippon Hydro Gloss low odor Paint on some interior door frames and there was minimal smell.   http://www.nipponpaintdecor.com/product-detail/hydro-gloss-hydro-matt