How long does the odor last?

[PBSS-garage]

Building a new house and have two garage floors I want to paint with epoxy. My wife has been to all those new home tours over the last few years and is concerned about the odor in those garages she saw at the new homes. My assumption is they painted the floor days before the tour. She's worried the odor will be there forever and its a bit too much for her.

My question is... how long does the odor last after you paint your floor with epoxy paint? I haven't picked a manufacturer yet, so this is related to all the brands out there.

thoughts? thanks!!

Jeff Reed

 

[sickytwisted]

I've never timed it but I know it won't last forever.

 

[bazzateer]

If it's solvent based it may last a few days, maybe a week - depends on curing time which itself depends on the environmental situation.

I'd imagine that water-based paints will take less time to lose the odour.

 

[rugerlady]

Typically the water based and poly floor products have the most odor. Alot of the 100% solid epoxies have virtually no odor. We carry the poly and the epoxy, I know the polyurea can smell for a couple days, the epoxy really has no odor.

 

[PBSS-garage]

thanks everyone! hopefully that will be enough "evidence" to allow an epoxy floor to get past my wife's line-item veto power.

Jeff Reed

 

[AlphaGarage]

Typically the water based and poly floor products have the most odor. Alot of the 100% solid epoxies have virtually no odor.

And with just a little ventilation, usually just open doors and windows coupled with a slight breeze or small fan, even that faint odor is all but unnoticeable.

 

[thegarageguy]

Typically the water based and poly floor products have the most odor.

Really??? Water based products stink? That's a first for me. Usually it's the SOLVENT part of the epoxies and poly's that stink to me.

It all smell like $$$ to me!

 

[AlphaGarage]

TGG: Smell that? You smell that?
DIY: What?
TGG: Resin, son. Nothing else in the world smells like that.
[kneels on tack-free coated floor]
TGG: I love the smell of resin in the morning. You know, one time we had a floor coated, for 12 hours. When it was all over, I walked up. We didn't find one of 'em, not one stinkin' uncoated millimeter of concrete. The smell, you know that resin smell, the whole garage. Smelled like
[sniffing, pondering]
TGG: $$$. Someday this job's gonna end.

 

[TheBanker]

I had no odor at all when I did mine.

 

[oldgoaly]

If you smell the paint fumes from the garage you are going to get carbon monoxide fumes from a car running in the garage. So tell her you are checking for CO fumes getting into your house from the garage. guaranteed to make you look smart and better looking!
I'm wondering how many who smelled fumes have attached garages????

 

[SUPERCOAT]

Waterborne epoxies smell stronger than solvent-based? No. Not in my experience at least (and we manufacture both).

I think latex paint has stronger fumes than SUPERCOAT. And, it dissapates pretty quickly. Now, our urethane glaze coat has a bit more odor, but like Fred said, open up the garage and let a little cross-breeze take care of that.

 

[thegarageguy]

TGG: Smell that? You smell that?
DIY: What?
TGG: Resin, son. Nothing else in the world smells like that.
[kneels on tack-free coated floor]
TGG: I love the smell of resin in the morning. You know, one time we had a floor coated, for 12 hours. When it was all over, I walked up. We didn't find one of 'em, not one stinkin' uncoated millimeter of concrete. The smell, you know that resin smell, the whole garage. Smelled like
[sniffing, pondering]
TGG: $$$. Someday this job's gonna end.

Love it!...............................................

 

[chrwilliams]

Rustoleum waterbased kits absolutely wreak like chemical hell. I am doing epoxycoat this week so I hope what I read here is true, I would love there to be hardly any smell. I will let you know.