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How can I get rid of the smell of gloss paint?

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  • Butterfly_Brain
    Butterfly_Brain Posts: 8,862 Forumite
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    I have used an onion and it works well so does a potato cut in half of all things!
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    I agree, we always use onions as soon as the paint tin is open. Never tried vinegar though.
  • Aeshna
    Aeshna Posts: 255 Forumite
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    If you put some essential oils (citrus works best I think) in a bowl of neat vinegar in the warmest corner of the room, the citrus will counteract the smell of vinegar (which will only be faint, trust me) and the vinegar will absorb the smell of the paint. Really does work!

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  • exprog
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    MRSMCAWBER wrote: »
    Yep -just cut them in half and stick on a saucer and leave until the paint smell has gone

    In the past I've used a lemon. Seemed to work.
  • Valley's_girl
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    I always use an onion it does work.
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    ? 9 yr old thread?
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    roddydogs wrote: »
    ? 9 yr old thread?

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