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DO NOT PAINT a shower. 5 reasons to not paint tile, showers or sinks.

What happens here

The speaker introduces the first major problem encountered when attempting to paint a shower: the extremely strong odor of the epoxy product. He describes the smell as the worst he has ever experienced in his career, so potent that even an organic vapor respirator could not completely block it, leading to headaches. He also notes that despite venting the area with a window and fan, the odor permeated the entire house, causing illness and headaches for other occupants, making adequate ventilation nearly impossible in a residential setting.

Goal: Highlight the health and environmental risks associated with the strong odor of epoxy paint.

Tools and materials

  • Epoxy Paint — The product used for painting the shower/bathtub, which emitted strong odors
  • Organic Vapor Respirator — Attempting to protect against strong chemical fumes

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This is reason number one why I do not paint or epoxy showers. This was a project we started working on yesterday and we used the product and it it came in spray cans or a actual core where you can brush and roll it. And I started off by spraying this thing and I just figured, okay, it's just a simple little spray can. We masked it all off. Got, you know, 9 inch masking and stuff all around. I began spraying it. And I don't think I've ever sprayed any product ever in my career that smelled so bad and was as strong as it was. I had to actually get an organic vape vapor respirator, wear that, and I still smelled it extremely bad and I started getting a headache using it. But then outside, I kind of close the door to here, vented out the uh this window right here. If I didn't have a place to vent it, then that would become a real problem. But it also took and smelled up the whole house where other people in the house and other parts of the house began getting sick and getting headaches from the smell of the product. It was extremely bad. Never smelled anything worse than that in my career ever. So that's reason number one why I would never do this again. So reason number two why I do not

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