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Sealing In Toxics

posted by Annie B. Bond Jul 1, 2008 7:00 am
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Sealing In Toxics
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Yari B., NYC asks:

Our landlord insisted on using an oil-based paint on my neighbor’s floor and the fumes have given her a headache and made her nauseous. Do you have any tricks up your sleeve for how to help?

Annie:

Yes, thank goodness for this wonderful sealant. It has come to the rescue so many times and after it has dried nobody would know it has been used. I just bought some myself last week because a wicker chair I bought had been finished with a petroleum-based urethane and I couldn’t tolerate the fumes, so I sealed them in with this. This same company also has a sealant for carpet fumes!

The product, SafeCoat from American Formulating & Manufacturing (AFM), is available around the country from different vendors. You can go to the AFM website and find a retailer near you that carries it. The product is waterbased and especially effective on porous surfaces. (The company has other types of sealants, too, as mentioned above, about carpet.)

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Penelope P.

Annie could I use this on the lead paint peeling from a damp cieling thst ZI asked you about-or wouldthe water base mess this up Thankyou

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