*dizzy*

[Parrot of Doom]

Warning - painting enamel on your bathroom radiator can knock you out! I've got the window open, bathroom door shut, and its still coming through

Bloody strong stuff, whats in it? I never use the water-based glosses etc, as they're rubbish. This seems much more powerful than solvent-based paint though.

[NiceCupOfTea]

Just had very similar using that waterproofing protecting spray liberally on 4 pairs of shoes.

Opened the window, had a sit down, and drank some water and still feel pants.

Maybe a cup of tea might help?

[john75]

Same thing happened to me when painting my bedroom radiator helps if it is turned off when painting.

[Lois]

So...PoD - you're secret's out...you'd rather do DIY than spend the afternoon hooning around with fellow pistonheaders. Shame on you.

[ApexClipper]

Like a whirlpool, it never ends.....

[Pigeon]

Parrot of Doom said:

whats in it?

At a guess, xylene and toluene, two chemicals which are much better off in your tank than your body.

[scared but happy]

I had the same effect many year ago on my 1st car. The roof was so bad we decided to put a vinyl roof on it held down with some rubber solution - not a good idea in a garage, even with door open it was quite a strange feeling

[D_Mike]

but toluene smells really nice!

edit: although I'd with pigeon it is quite likely those two.

>> Edited by D_Mike on Sunday 18th December 19:32

[Pigeon]

Yes, it is quite a pleasant smell initially... Thing is, when you've been painting all day with that kind of paint, and you wake up the next morning and you can still smell it every time you breathe out and you feel like rat shit, your opinions tend to change a bit...

[BliarOut]

Has he died?

[turbobloke]

BliarOut said:

Has he died?

Gillespie? d 1993 iirc

[Size Nine Elm]

turbobloke said:

BliarOut said: Has he died? Gillespie? d 1993 iirc

I think he's trying to inhale xylene through a trumpet-like mechanism.

[Parrot of Doom]

anonymous said:

[redacted]

heh, I completely forgot about the Romper thing, I was editing a DVD +

[simpo two]

From my mis-spent years making and painting Airfix models, enamel paint happily dissolves in ordinary thinnners/turps/white spirit.

I think xylene and toluene are for more the 'Hammerite' class of paints that need cellulose thinners to shift them.

NB Did you know you can make your own varnish out of white spirit and expanded polystyrene? Full instructions on request

[Pigeon]

simpo two said:

From my mis-spent years making and painting Airfix models, enamel paint happily dissolves in ordinary thinnners/turps/white spirit. I think xylene and toluene are for more the 'Hammerite' class of paints that need cellulose thinners to shift them.

Yeah, I'd sort of assumed that "enamel" referred to something like Smoothrite rather than an industrial-sized pot of Humbrol, partly because Humbrol-type paint doesn't fit the description for smell and partly for reasons of cost and availability. Only PoD knows for sure...

[D_Mike]

I have visions of him painting a radiator with a really small brush in a camoflage pattern now!

[wedg1e]

Cellulose won't touch Smoothrite. Even a bloody sandblaster won't touch Smoothrite!

Quick tip: if painting with Hammrite or Soothrite and you need to clean brushes, don't use their expensive thinners/ brush cleaner. Either use washing-up liquid or, if you're going to recoat with the same colour later, simply pop the brush into a jar of water. Deprived of air, the paint won't dry.

[Parrot of Doom]

naw its only a small radiator, it was looking old, yellow and rusty so I took care of it. Well it was 2nd hand, probably a few decades old now. I think it rather suits the decor, and it was a heck of a lot cheaper than the modern tat.

Sorry for the crappy phone pic

[Pigeon]

wedg1e said:

Cellulose won't touch Smoothrite.

Eh? Does when I've tried it. Thins it for spraying as well.