Whenever there is a smell of paint at home, our mood may be affected throughout the day. Due to this taste, once we walk in our room, it will make us eat and sleep poorly. And we know that paint generally contains formaldehyde (a harmful organic solvent and toxic gas), so paint poses a great threat to us. So what should we do about this?

When we talk about paint, it's inevitable to talk about formaldehyde. Due to its cheap price, simple production, and easy penetration into wood, formaldehyde can increase the adhesion of paint. So the paint contains more or less formaldehyde. Formaldehyde is a colorless and irritating gas. The paint smell we smell is actually the smell of formaldehyde. As mentioned earlier, formaldehyde is a toxic gas, so what kind of harm does it cause to people? Long term living in rooms with formaldehyde can lead to the onset of various diseases, such as cancer, leukemia, respiratory diseases, etc. More seriously, if we breathe a lot of formaldehyde, it can cause death. Overall, removing paint odor mainly involves removing formaldehyde, an evaporative gas.

Next, I will share with you some methods for removing paint odor:

A simple and feasible way to keep indoor clean and ventilated to remove paint odor is to exhaust it outdoors. We can use a high-power electric fan to blow towards the outside of the window. This effect is very good.

We can also use air purifiers (air purifiers) to adsorb, differentiate, or convert various air pollutants, and thereby improve air cleanliness. The so-called air pollutants refer to decoration pollution such as dust, pollen, odors, bacteria, allergens, formaldehyde, etc.

We can use substances with adsorption properties to adsorb formaldehyde and achieve the purpose of deodorization. Activated carbon and bamboo charcoal have this function. Activated carbon is a porous carbon containing substance. It has a highly developed open space structure, and its multi space structure provides it with a lot of surface area and sufficient gas (impurities) to touch. This is the reason why activated carbon has adsorption performance. Therefore, it absorbs formaldehyde very briefly. Bamboo charcoal also utilizes the porous elements of charcoal to adsorb the flavor of paint.

4. When using the above methods, we can also properly raise some plants at home, such as chlorophytum comosum, aloe, tiger tail orchid, etc. These plants can absorb indoor pollutants.

5 folk methods: We can put tea leaves, pomelo peel, orange peel, onion slices, pineapple, etc. in newly renovated rooms, or steam them with white vinegar indoors. In this way, their taste will fill our room and the formaldehyde smell will be reduced. Together, our air is fresher than before.

The use of formaldehyde deodorants to eliminate odors can only temporarily seal off the pollution source, which can only prevent formaldehyde evaporation in a short period of time. Therefore, in order to achieve complete elimination, it is necessary to spray it frequently.

The article originates from a deodorant manufacturer http://www.scneng.com.hk