Before staining wood ask yourself why you want to change its color.
Change in natural gas smell after staining floor.
I am going to put down an engineered floor next week but i have the kerosene unburned natural gas smell from my gas stove and gas dryer now.
Flooring may only be the beginning.
Wood stains contain chemicals and compounds that sometimes give off strong odors.
Seeing natural grain and color immediately pop under a protective finish is super satisfying.
The morning after my wife painted a door and closet with enamel paint with out opening any windows we had the very bad smells from both of our appliances.
After redoing our floors the smell lingered for a while then my wife found a bag full of rags in a corner that had some of the chemicals on them.
The smell went away when the bag did.
Cats spray this spray is often to be found on walls or up right surfaces.
On monday evening they finished painting rustoleum on the door.
We could smell the paint for at least 36 hours.
If the gas s composition has changed and it s producing an unpleasant odor you might consider switching to a new supplier.
Even long after these finishes have dried however smaller amounts of vocs continue to off gas into the.
But really it s all a matter of personal preference.
One of the decisions that goes into selecting a type of wood for a project is its natural color.
How to get rid of strong wood stain smells.
The intensity of the smell makes me believe this is not just about flooring.
Not the natural gas smell but rather something like burned stale fuel smell.
While staining a respirator and adequate ventilation is recommended.
Natural gas formula change check with your natural gas supplier that a chemical additive hasn t been mixed with the gas used by your dryer.
Very interesting that these molecules will stick around in the air and then somehow get burned off by the stove burners.
I did some wood staining downstairs today and i noticed when i started cooking upstairs it smelled funny.
I just found this thread.
I sniffed around the burner and that seemed to be where it was coming from.
I went to use the stove natural gas about an hour later and noticed a kerosene smell.
It s possible that newly formulated gas is giving off a butane smell.