Easy House Painting Tips - Newsletter May, 2010
Welcome to some great House Painting Tips! Table of Contents Healthy Painting Guidelines and Safety Healthy Painting Guidelines and Safety People’s susceptibility to paint chemicals varies widely. Also, the types and amounts of chemical emitted from paint vary widely, especially between oil-based and latex paints. It’s very important to have good ventilation, not only during painting but as a rule-of-thumb, for 2-3 days after the job is done. Try to schedule painting for dry periods in the fall or spring, when windows are more easily left open for ventilation. Use window-mounted box fans to exhaust vapors from the work area. Make sure they cannot fall out of the window. If fans cannot be used, make sure that rooms being painted have adequate cross-ventilation. Take frequent fresh air breaks while painting. Avoid freshly painted rooms for 2 to 3 days, whenever possible. Keep young children and individuals with breathing problems from freshly painted rooms. Leave painted areas if you experience eye watering, headaches, dizziness, or breathing problems. When using ladders, follow the “three point rule”. This means that at all times, either two hands and a foot, or two feet and one hand, must be securely resting on, or holding onto, your ladder. Keep your body in between the uprights and move the ladder instead of reaching too far to get that one last area. Return to Newsletters Return to Home Page
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