Tuesday, February 23, 2010

How to remove paint from drywall?

I bought the supposedly low-odor, environmentally friendly ';Harmony'; paint from Sherwin-Williams. It was for my 3 year old child's room. But 4 months later the odor is still very strong and of course the room is still vacant waiting for the problem to be solved. The store manager came and admit that they may have sold me the wrong paint. :(, but he did not have any satisfying solution except suggesting that to paint another layer of primer and then paint the real Harmony paint. I am not sure that adding another layer of chemical (assuming it has its own odor and air emission) will do any good.





I would like to remove the paint with as little as possible harmful chemical involved. And we try to avoid the option of replacing the whole drywall.





Please help. Thanks.How to remove paint from drywall?
The manager of the store actually gave you the most practical advice... There is no way to remove paint from drywall short of removing the drywall itself or risking severe damage to it which would be even more problematic in the long run. Applying a primer then new paint (preferably 100% acrylic) with low odor, low VOCs, etc will seal the odor of the original paint so that it should no longer be noticeable in the room.





If you were in fact provided with the wrong paint, you should be able to demand that replacement paint is given to you at no cost, or at least at a significantly discounted price.





Good luck!How to remove paint from drywall?
use Kilz as a primer and sealer and then paint again...sorry, but don't think you can remove paint from drywall!

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