Seeing natural grain and color immediately pop under a protective finish is super satisfying.
Change in natural gas smell after staining floor.
The smell went away when the bag did.
I live in a condo and just had my place painted.
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.
One of the decisions that goes into selecting a type of wood for a project is its natural color.
Very interesting that these molecules will stick around in the air and then somehow get burned off by the stove burners.
I just found this thread.
Wood stains contain chemicals and compounds that sometimes give off strong odors.
Being one who has been owned by many cats i know that smell and what it takes to get to that level.
Not the natural gas smell but rather something like burned stale fuel smell.
I went to use the stove natural gas about an hour later and noticed a kerosene smell.
Even long after these finishes have dried however smaller amounts of vocs continue to off gas into the.
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.
The intensity of the smell makes me believe this is not just about flooring.
Before staining wood ask yourself why you want to change its color.
How to get rid of strong wood stain smells.
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.
Voc off gassing is most acute during application and the drying of hardwood floor finishes.
Flooring may only be the beginning.
It s possible that newly formulated gas is giving off a butane smell.
I did some wood staining downstairs today and i noticed when i started cooking upstairs it smelled funny.
I sniffed around the burner and that seemed to be where it was coming from.
If the gas s composition has changed and it s producing an unpleasant odor you might consider switching to a new supplier.
We could smell the paint for at least 36 hours.
But really it s all a matter of personal preference.
On monday evening they finished painting rustoleum on the door.