How to quickly remove the smell of paint

Nowadays, when buying a house, especially a newly married house, people will choose to decorate it. Paint will inevitably be used in the decorated house. If the paint smell is often difficult to eliminate in the room, it will have a serious impact on our body, because the paint contains formaldehyde. So how do you quickly get rid of paint odors? Below we will give you a detailed introduction to the knowledge of removing paint odors.

1 Some knowledge about formaldehyde

When we talk about paint, we can't avoid talking about formaldehyde. Because formaldehyde is cheap, easy to produce, and it easily penetrates into wood, it can increase the adhesion of paint. So paint contains formaldehyde to a greater or lesser extent. Formaldehyde is a colorless, irritating gas. The paint smell we smell is actually the smell of formaldehyde. As mentioned before, formaldehyde is a toxic gas, so what kind of harm will it cause to the human body? Living in a room with formaldehyde for a long time will lead to various diseases, such as cancer, leukemia, respiratory diseases, etc. What's more serious is that if we breathe large amounts of formaldehyde, it can cause death. In short, removing paint odor is mainly to eliminate volatile gases such as formaldehyde.

2. Keep the room clean and ventilated

The simplest and most practical way to remove paint odors is to exhaust it outdoors. That is, we can use a high-power electric fan to blow out the window. The effect is very good. Of course, we can also use air purifiers (air cleaners) to absorb, decompose or transform various air pollutants to improve the cleanliness of the air. The so-called air pollutants refer to decoration pollution such as dust, pollen, odor, bacteria, allergens, and formaldehyde.

3 Adsorption method

We can use environmentally friendly absorbent substances to absorb formaldehyde and achieve the purpose of removing odor. Activated carbon and bamboo charcoal have this function. Activated carbon is a porous carbon-containing substance. It has a highly developed pore structure, and its porous structure provides it with a large surface area for full contact with gas (impurities). This is why activated carbon has adsorption properties. Therefore it absorbs formaldehyde very easily. Bamboo charcoal also uses the porous factors of charcoal to absorb paint odors. While using the above methods, we can also grow some plants at home, such as spider plants, aloe vera, tiger tail plants, etc. These plants can absorb indoor pollutants.

4 Photocatalytic degradation

Photocatalysts have highly effective disinfecting properties and can decompose or render harmless toxins released by bacteria or fungi. Then its degradation function must be very good. Therefore, we can use photocatalysts to degrade pollutants such as formaldehyde, benzene, toluene, xylene, ammonia, TVOC, etc. This effect is very good.

5 Folk methods

We can put tea leaves, grapefruit peels, orange peels, onion slices, pineapples, etc. in a newly renovated room, or steam them with white vinegar indoors. In this way, their smell will fill our house and there will be less formaldehyde smell. At the same time, our air is fresher than before.

6 Use of formaldehyde scavengers

Using formaldehyde removers to eliminate odors can only temporarily block the source of pollution, which can only prevent formaldehyde from volatilizing in a short period of time. Therefore, if you want to completely eliminate it, you have to spray it frequently.

After reading the above introduction, everyone has learned how to quickly remove paint smell. The most important thing to remove paint smell is to keep the indoor air flowing. You can also plant more green plants at home. It should be noted that if you are not in a hurry to move into a house, you can wait until about half a year to move in.