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Shellac everything in sight! Worked for smoke residue.
Posted by BrianG (more from BrianG) on Tue, 12 Oct 2010 10:16:19
In Reply to: I've heard shellac is the only answer, MI-Roger
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The house we bought 1.25 years ago was previously occupied by heavy smokers. Attempts to wash the walls was futile due to the amount of smoke residue - it was plain disgusting and would have taken weeks. The floors were sanded down and I used Zinnser dewaxed shellac as a sanding sealer before doing water-based poly. For the walls & ceilings we used copious quantities of Zinnser BIN shellac-based primer, followed by zero VOC (i.e. zero odor. wonderful invention) latex paint. Note - if you go really thick with the BIN make sure to get a pole sander and roughen it up with some 120 grit sandpaper. Thick BIN can develop a smooth surface that can cause adhesion issues for the latex. Mind the fumes as the ethanol solvent evaporates...it's especially bad when doing the ceiling.
The result: zero smoke odor, and only 3 or 4 spots where some smoke residue got thru some thin spots of primer and leaked thru the top layer. We wiped those down a few times and they've stopped. For some reason, contractor-type people look at you funny if you mention you used shellac primer everywhere.
As a side effect, shellac is an excellent vapor retarder and last winter we had 40-50% humidity inside with no need for humidifiers.
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Posts in this Thread:
- OT: Pet Urine smell in old house, PT, Mon, 11 Oct 2010 18:58:31
- Re: OT: Pet Urine smell in old house, Dean, Fri, 15 Oct 2010 13:52:29
- Thanks!, PT, Wed, 13 Oct 2010 19:04:31
- Re: OT: Pet Urine smell in old house, Janik, Tue, 12 Oct 2010 16:12:04
- I've heard shellac is the only answer, MI-Roger
, Tue, 12 Oct 2010 04:08:59 - Re: OT: Pet Urine smell in old house, rob 94 aero, Mon, 11 Oct 2010 19:23:22
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