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01-Apr-08, 03:59 PM
|  | Subscriber | Join Date: Mar-08 Location: SA Age/Gender: 33  | | | New enclosure(sealer smell)
Ive built a new encloseure for a python,its made out of 16mm plywood and i coated it with a marine sealer(laquer) it was done 2 weeks ago but it still smells like sealer,its well and truely cured.My question is does the smell have to be gone before i put a reptile in it?
cheers
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01-Apr-08, 04:03 PM
|  | Jungleboy Subscriber | Join Date: Dec-06 Location: NSW Age/Gender: 28 | | | |
Hey Cougars,
Close the doors and bump your heat source up to 32 degrees for a few days - you could even put it up to 40 degrees or so if you want. A few days of that should get rid of any smells, but you may still have to air it out afterwards.
Have you washed it out since you sealed it? You might find that a general household cleaner (or even bleach) will get rid of the smell.
regards,
Lockie.
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01-Apr-08, 09:53 PM
| | Subscriber | Join Date: Mar-08 Location: SA Age/Gender: 33 | | | |
Thanks Lockie,just gave it a wipe out with detergent see how it goes.
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01-Apr-08, 10:14 PM
| | Suspended | Join Date: Oct-07 Location: North Queensland Gender: | | |
Cougars... sounds a bit sus that you can still smell it after 2 weeks.
Best bet is to search the product you used. Find out if it is no or low in VOC (Volatile Organic Compounds) Usually if you can smell it after a week its generally high in VOC.
Put your head in the enclosure if you feel dizzy (you may like it  ) snakey wont last long.
Sorry but no matter how much bleaching or cleaners you use you will never get rid of the VOC.(harmful chemicals)
Im no chemist but I use products like these everyday and its scary how these chemicals can get into your blood and bones even.
Someone might have a better solution but if it was me and your product is high in voc I would sand it back and do it again with a no or low voc product even then i would give it a month to really air out.
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