Kind of messed up painting a storage shelve ? Baptisim by fire

[Giggz]

You should have used blockboard if you needed to paint or MDF board with your favorite colour shade which doesn't need painting.

 

[Notapeoplesguy]

Those smelly things are called Volatile Organic Compounds and they are bad for you.

VOC stands for volatile organic compound–any of several chemical additives found in numerous consumer products, from gasoline and glue to correction fluid and colored markers. Even cosmetics, mothballs, air fresheners, and household cleaning supplies contain VOCs.

Because they're volatile, these compounds vaporize and emit gasses, even long after they've dried. Paint, for example, emits only half of its VOCs in the first year.

Why You Should Splurge on "Green" VOC-Free Paint

VOCs are dangerous compounds found in a number of products including paint. Learn about the risks and more eco-friendly options.

www.thespruce.com

Many years ago we had to roll out a commercial project that was aiming for the Gold status of an environmental certification called LEED.
Being greenhorns in this new 'thing' we had to familiarize ourselves with related literature aimed at specifying paints, adhesives and even MDF boards that had low VOC content.
The result...
No gloss paint, or spray paint.
Local contact adhesive did not meet VOC requirements. You can imagine not being able to use good ol' CONTA.
MDF boards had to be imported from Thailand as locally available did not meet the requirements.

These things are bad enough just to be near.
Now when @Mwalimu-G says he ingested marashi-flavoured ugali.....
Shait.

Yah i fucked up big time

 

[Introvert]

When painting zile shaving machine zako huwa una import rangi from Thailand, were sasa unatubebaje?

If in your formative years you had had the mental fortitude to go back to school after lunch you'd have been be able to discern the difference between a vehicle paint job and a commercial office fit out.

 

[Mongrel]

If in your formative years you had had the mental fortitude to go back to school after lunch you'd have been be able to discern the difference between a vehicle paint job and a commercial office fit out.

Isiwe umenitusi,si unisaidie na kabattery kapikipiki mate?

 

[Anglututu]

I don't think you should be painting blockboard.
It would be the same result if you painted normal wood, as long as you were going to store food stuff, they'll absorb that paint smell.
Can't recall the last time I heard someone use kerosene to mix paint. People use thinner buddy.
I would suggest putting the panted stuff outside to air. Luck isn't on your side being the cold season it will take longer to air.
Being block board, doubt if you'll ever get rid if the smell completely.

 

[Nattydread]

Those smelly things are called Volatile Organic Compounds and they are bad for you.

VOC stands for volatile organic compound–any of several chemical additives found in numerous consumer products, from gasoline and glue to correction fluid and colored markers. Even cosmetics, mothballs, air fresheners, and household cleaning supplies contain VOCs.

Because they're volatile, these compounds vaporize and emit gasses, even long after they've dried. Paint, for example, emits only half of its VOCs in the first year.

Why You Should Splurge on "Green" VOC-Free Paint

VOCs are dangerous compounds found in a number of products including paint. Learn about the risks and more eco-friendly options.

www.thespruce.com

Many years ago we had to roll out a commercial project that was aiming for the Gold status of an environmental certification called LEED.
Being greenhorns in this new 'thing' we had to familiarize ourselves with related literature aimed at specifying paints, adhesives and even MDF boards that had low VOC content.
The result...
No gloss paint, or spray paint.
Local contact adhesive did not meet VOC requirements. You can imagine not being able to use good ol' CONTA.
MDF boards had to be imported from Thailand as locally available did not meet the requirements.

These things are bad enough just to be near.
Now when @Mwalimu-G says he ingested marashi-flavoured ugali.....

Shait.

Many painters who use solvent-based paints over several decades develop a disease that appears like Parkinsons. Daily inhalation of that shit in closed spaces is like a boxer getting a K.O. daily.

Chronic solvent-induced encephalopathy - Wikipedia

en.m.wikipedia.org

 

[DeepInYourMind]

Good to see this brought up and the ensuing discussions, thanks for your valuable contributions.
I was reading about this the other day, but I only understood it at a surface level. So to cut down on VOCs as @Introvert mentions, we use water-based (or water-borne, I assume they are the same thing) paints, rather than solvent-based paints? Are oil-based paints the same thing as solvent-based ones?

 

[mzeiya]

What an incredible thread wadau

 

[Kamau wa Kíríro]

sasa unaingilia Osungu.dll?

terpentine

 

[Introvert]

So to cut down on VOCs as @Introvert mentions, we use water-based (or water-borne, I assume they are the same thing) paints, rather than solvent-based paints? Are oil-based paints the same thing as solvent-based ones?

Exactly.

People who have taken this a notch higher apply vegetable oil on their kitchen counter tops as opposed to wood lacquer.

 

[DeepInYourMind]

Exactly.
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People who have taken this a notch higher apply vegetable oil on their kitchen counter tops as opposed to wood lacquer.

Thanks man.

 

[Nattydread]

Terpentine is an exudate obtained from injured pine trees. This is distilled to give the resin, rosin, and the essential oil, oil of turpentine (also known as turpentine). The chief constituent of oil of turpentine, used as a solvent and thinner for paints and varnishes, is pinene (see terpene).

terpentine

Terpentine is an exudate obtained from injured pine trees.

www.daviddarling.info

 

[Shyguy]

Thanks guys is there anything i can do to fasten this process so that there is absolutely no vapour at all?
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Place several cut onions on the shelf - the onions will absorb the paint/paraffin smell faster than simply waiting it out. Try this and let us know.

 

[zapp_brannigan]

What an incredible thread wadau

Very informative thread .

 

[is.mundu]

White vinegar is very good at absorbing smells (even though it has a somewhat nasty smell of its own). Just place a few open containers (eg small bowls) of vinegar and let them stay enclosed overnight.

In the morning pour away the vinegar (it cleans the kitchen-sink drain very well too). Wash out the shelves with warm water mixed with a half-cup of some more white vinegar. Wipe with a dry cloth and allow to dry.

Caveat: This will only deal with surface odours - not those that have penetrated deep into the wood.

 

[Nattydread]

White vinegar is very good at absorbing smells (even though it has a somewhat nasty smell of its own). Just place a few open containers (eg small bowls) of vinegar and let them stay enclosed overnight.

In the morning pour away the vinegar (it cleans the kitchen-sink drain very well too). Wash out the shelves with warm water mixed with a half-cup of some more white vinegar. Wipe with a dry cloth and allow to dry.

Caveat: This will only deal with surface odours - not those that have penetrated deep into the wood.

Better than vinegar and pretty odourless: baking soda. Hebu try some in your fridge.