Strange body odor?
katinkaty
12 years ago
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Comments (16)Try to remember that smell, Cherry, in case it occurs again somewhere else. If you ever walk into a building and smell it, DON'T turn on any lights. Leave and call for help from a distance. A natural gas filled house exploded in my area a few years ago, right after the owner got home one night. They think it was sparked from her flicking on a light switch...but can't ask her because she was killed....See MoreHelp! Strange Odor in my Home
Comments (18)Kitchens & Baths, it just could be the paint and nothing more serious, but you never know. I would possibly invest in an inspector at this point and see what they can find out for you. If they can't find it, I would probably get out of the contract. I came across this thread and wanted to post my experience since several people had a suspicious smell possibly relating to paint. It's possibly caused by paint that had been frozen. We painted a room last winter. A few months after painting, we started to notice a funky odor, that was sort of cat urine like, yet not. We have cats, so I kept thinking a cat had to have peed in the room, but I couldn't find it anywhere. We couldn't find any other source and the walls specifically did seem have an odor, especially after the door to the room had been closed. I finally went back to the local Sherwin Williams store where I purchased the paint. The store manager came to our house and confirmed the walls had an odor, but suggested it could be mold or something else causing it. (No mold!) Even so, he gave me free of charge new wall paint, as well as their primer/sealer product to prime with. I primed and painted, and the odor is gone. We recently hired a painter to paint some other rooms and I mentioned the stinky wall paint. He knew immediately what the problem was. He said the paint had probably sat on a delivery truck in freezing weather, and the freezing causes the sulfur-like odor. He even suggested the paint store manager probably also knew what caused the odor, and that the manager should have paid for the labor to have the room repainted in addition to covering the paint cost. I feel like it's too late to go back and ask for that, but I'll keep it in mind for the future....See More2007 Deer Valley bathrooms have bad/strange odor
Comments (13)I was having the same smell in this rental I moved into last March. Just so happens, in one of the Spring issues of a magazine-a professional plumber had an answer to this problem. He said often the sewer gas will not escape & I did what he suggested-and I still do it 2x a month. NO more odor! In every drain in your home..kitchen, bath, laundry...run hot water in the sinks & tubs for 1 minute. Flush all toilets. (Are you ready for this?) Measure 2 TBS of vegetable oil & dump it down all of the drains & let it set for 5 minutes or so before running water anywhere. I swear-the smell goes away within the hour. It creates (-for lack of a better word) a..skim covering over the drain holes & prevents the gases from coming up from the drain. Cheap way to solve the issue without a plumber. try it-can't hurt....See MorePaint Smells like Body Odor--no joke!
Comments (5)Since some of the paint you used came from Home Depot - ummmm let me guess there will be some say it was the Home Depot paint. ;) Never noticed paints ever having that type of smell, but then again after breathing fumes all the time some of us just get used to the smells blending together. After all this time , I kinda like the smells. :D If you leave the door closed, try opening and airing the room out. You might also try using some aromatic candles or using a potpourri pot with some vanilla, cinnamon sticks and orange scents mixed in. Opening a window might help some or a fan pulling some of the smell out....See Moresunnyca_gw
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