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[mini*mad]

Just half painted my mini in the garage which is built underneath my house, (wearing a good quality 3m mask!)
had the inner door closed but its still filled my bedroom with paint fumes

how dangerous are the fumes?
ive got some candles burning and an onion absorbing the fumes but wondering on a 1-10 scale how lethal this stuff is lol!

[Sheikh Pip]

I doubt you used Cellulose paint!

[valve bounce]

celly isnt so bad, i dont normally bother using a mask when i spray it. but with 2pk it is a absolute must!

[mini*mad]

yeah it was celly, its a classic car so can be used for restoration purposes ;)
very smelly but doesnt give of cyanide while sprayed unlike 2k!
scary stuff

ill just air out the rooms, just started to rain which should help
i think celly contains a form of petrol hence the fumes?

[Shifty]

Can you leave the garage door open to try and draw the fumes out?

[tommypope]

wouldnt worry mate ifit was me id be sitting out the maskless taking deep breaths lol just makes you stoned

[AVV IT]

Yeah I wouldn't worry too much, I spent most of my child hood helping my dad respray old cars with celly. Neither of us ever wore a mask and it never seemed to do us any harm....... twitch, twitch, cough, splutter wheeze, wheeze!!

[George929]

well, i was high from it for about 6 hours after,,,just enjoy

[redhot-mini]

^^ yh its fine you just get quite happy and high from the fumes nothing 2 bad i wouldn't do it on a regular basses tho

[tiger99]

The very real danger is fire or explosion if fumes are getting into the house. Light switches, pilot lights, thermostats, even some telephones, and lots of other things, can produce sparks which exceed the ignition energy of cellulose thinners.

[mini*mad]

so should i have put out my pipe before spraying the car?
Lol, everything went ok just aired it out as much as possible but still woke up with a sore throat!

just all these horror stories about car paint sealing lungs shut kept me awake all night
even with the 3m £20 screwfix mask i was paranoid as!

[valve bounce]

i was told by a retired sprayer that when you paint a car the best thing to do is drink a pint of milk before you go to bed

[Shifty]

I've heard milk recommended for similar things before.

About 20odd years ago a mate was the apprentice for the local ford dealer and he and the other apprentices were given the job of high level cleaning the body shop, they were all given a pint of milk to drink afterwards as well.