Voc off gassing is most acute during application and the drying of hardwood floor finishes.
Change in natural gas smell after staining floor.
On monday evening they finished painting rustoleum on the door.
Seeing natural grain and color immediately pop under a protective finish is super satisfying.
Flooring may only be the beginning.
While staining a respirator and adequate ventilation is recommended.
One of the decisions that goes into selecting a type of wood for a project is its natural color.
I did some wood staining downstairs today and i noticed when i started cooking upstairs it smelled funny.
It s possible that newly formulated gas is giving off a butane smell.
Natural gas formula change check with your natural gas supplier that a chemical additive hasn t been mixed with the gas used by your dryer.
I am going to put down an engineered floor next week but i have the kerosene unburned natural gas smell from my gas stove and gas dryer now.
Wood stains contain chemicals and compounds that sometimes give off strong odors.
Very interesting that these molecules will stick around in the air and then somehow get burned off by the stove burners.
The morning after my wife painted a door and closet with enamel paint with out opening any windows we had the very bad smells from both of our appliances.
Not the natural gas smell but rather something like burned stale fuel smell.
Even long after these finishes have dried however smaller amounts of vocs continue to off gas into the.
Being one who has been owned by many cats i know that smell and what it takes to get to that level.
Cats spray this spray is often to be found on walls or up right surfaces.
I sniffed around the burner and that seemed to be where it was coming from.
We could smell the paint for at least 36 hours.
I went to use the stove natural gas about an hour later and noticed a kerosene smell.
I live in a condo and just had my place painted.
But really it s all a matter of personal preference.
After redoing our floors the smell lingered for a while then my wife found a bag full of rags in a corner that had some of the chemicals on them.
The smell went away when the bag did.
Before staining wood ask yourself why you want to change its color.
How to get rid of strong wood stain smells.