Burn-off fumes -permanant or transient?
Posted: Wed Apr 23, 2003 2:10 am
Hi! Here is a question I really don't want to hear the answer to, unless its the RIGHT answer! But common sense is winning out - so I will try to accept whatever answer comes!
I have a wonderful and huge kiln from Phil Teefy, but unfortunately, either he or I mis-measured the door to the basement where I intended to use it. The result is, it could only fit through my front door, and is now in my house - which is more or less open plan.
I think the kiln is beautiful, so that is no problem, but the problem is the burn-off of Thin Fire shelf paper and some paints, specifically Hanovia gold.
I have the kiln cracked until about 650, and until then it is really a terrible smell. After that it seems to have burnt off. I leave all doors and windows open during that time, and I also go somewhere else - like the garden or the basement. If I am in the main house I get a very bad headache during the burn off time. After that all is OK and no smell. So my question is...is the smell, just a smell - and after it's gone, it's gone. Or is that an illusion? And really some toxic residue/substance remains in the house/air? In which case (here is the reason I dont want the answer!) I have to build a shed especially for the kiln, which I can sweep and vacuum and aerate...
(my house is filled with all sorts of clutter, so that if there is a real residue, it will have lots of crevises and surfaces to sit and be toxic on.)
Thanks for your input!!!!!
Melissa
I have a wonderful and huge kiln from Phil Teefy, but unfortunately, either he or I mis-measured the door to the basement where I intended to use it. The result is, it could only fit through my front door, and is now in my house - which is more or less open plan.
I think the kiln is beautiful, so that is no problem, but the problem is the burn-off of Thin Fire shelf paper and some paints, specifically Hanovia gold.
I have the kiln cracked until about 650, and until then it is really a terrible smell. After that it seems to have burnt off. I leave all doors and windows open during that time, and I also go somewhere else - like the garden or the basement. If I am in the main house I get a very bad headache during the burn off time. After that all is OK and no smell. So my question is...is the smell, just a smell - and after it's gone, it's gone. Or is that an illusion? And really some toxic residue/substance remains in the house/air? In which case (here is the reason I dont want the answer!) I have to build a shed especially for the kiln, which I can sweep and vacuum and aerate...
(my house is filled with all sorts of clutter, so that if there is a real residue, it will have lots of crevises and surfaces to sit and be toxic on.)
Thanks for your input!!!!!
Melissa