For the past month I have been tattooing in my old shop. The owner allowed me to keep 100% of my money just so that we could stay afloat, what an angel!!!
During the month we kept the heat cranked to 85° and had about 15 fans moving air across the floor constantly. Every day we would open the...
No one seems to be as affected as me. I might need an air quality test to let me know it’s safe to spend hours a day in there again.
The odors are getting weaker as we’ve been heating, and whirling around lots of air constantly.
Have you ever heard of the hydroxyl generator? I was thinking of using this instead of the Ozone generator because after doing some research I’ve read that the ozone generator can leave behind a strong bleach sent and it seems that all of these odors seep into the neighboring units and piss off...
I did about four tattoos in the space when the weather was warmer outside and we were able to keep the doors open. I did ask the clients if they smelled any of that “new construction smell” and some of them said not really and others said just barely. Now that it is getting colder outside that...
Has anyone heard of it taking months to fully finish off-gassing?
does anyone know if a way to remove that doesn’t produce intense toxic smells? I’ve just read some bad reviews on smart strip pro.
Just an update: we’ve brought in a 2000sqft fuel powered space heater (only used with doors open) to keep the floors extra warm (75-79 degrees). Have been taking turns staying there in the parking lot so we can keep the doors open nearly constantly for fresh air exchange. There are about 15...
We are going to be running about 14 fans in the space with the heat cranked up to 80 for a week. It’s getting colder outside so we’ve been keeping the doors closed not to slow the curing. We have been leaving the doors open for maybe an hour a couple times a day to let the bad odors out.
I’m...
Do you think it is possible that the acid stain created significantly deeper pores in the concrete and the solvent is sitting thick in some areas due to that? Could this be what’s causing it to take so long to cure?
Yes, we realized that after the fact and I totally regret it. I really want to grind it all off and redo it again with a water-based sealer. I’m under the impression that the grinding process is very difficult though.
Maybe 6-8 gallons.
this is our first time applying a sealer and I know the instructions were to apply it thin and my husband tried his best to do what he thought was applying it thin. We did two coats. According to him he used less than was recommended for the square footage by the products...
But have you used a solvent based sealer indoors?
Part of my problem I realized today is that parts of the floor are still curing. It’s been almost 20 days by now. There are parts of the floor that you can scratch with your nail and it makes a slight mark. The guys from Eagle, the brand we...
Thanks for the recommendation. I’m going to pass on that one though because the neighboring tenants will loose their **** if I send any more strong odors through the walls again.
another thing I just realized today is that after 19 days or whatever it’s been, the floor is still curing in...