Wednesday, December 30, 2009

My wife is seriously allergic to latex paint, what are our paint options?

Latex in paint and other household products make my wife unable to breathe. She has come close to anaphylactic shock from it before. From experience with friends who remodeled, we know that the fumes will continue to come off of the paint for months and cause her breathing difficulties. Even a few minutes exposure months after painting cause minor difficulties. We can't avoid our own house for a year.My wife is seriously allergic to latex paint, what are our paint options?
Perhaps you can try this...buy a paint primer called ';Kilz'; it is a great primer and sealer and drys very quickly. It has very strong fumes so use the proper safety gear. Then wallpaper over it. The wallpaper should adhere to the new surface very well.My wife is seriously allergic to latex paint, what are our paint options?
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you may try oil base it will last forever if done properly if you have never used oil based paint before go to a home improvement center and talk to a paint specilist and they will be able to assist and may even be able to give you more options good luck have fun
They do make a special hypo-allergenic paint now. Check with your local paint store they might be able to order it for you. Good luck.
I'm going to assume that you already realize that latex allergies and latex paint allergies are completely unrelated. You really ought to just call a paint company. You're going to be buying the paint anyways. I will comment that there are coatings designed for use over lead paints (';lead encapsulating paints';) which might be useable over latex paints. You could also try contacting the NPCA ( http://paint.org ).
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