Question from Angelique
Debra — You wrote on your website that you used Sherwin Williams Harmony paint in your office, and that you were able to use your office as soon as the paint dried.
How long did it take the paint to dry, and did you super-heat the room to facilitate the drying and off-gassing?
I just had my office painted with Harmony. Like you, I have an intense color (mine is bright yellow) but unlike you I used a semi-gloss.
It’s relatively cold here in Arizona (40s – 70s). The room’s doors are open to the outside and there is a high-speed ceiling fan going.
I tried closing up and super-heating the room when it was first painted a few days ago, but I have no idea if it did anything except let me get hit with a wave of intense paint when I opened the door. The smell has gone from much of our house but it’s certainly there strongly in the office and it would travel around the house if I turned on the heat, even though I have the vents in that room blocked as well as I can. (The door is taped shut.)
Debra’s Answer
It was no more than a few days, and yes, we heated it for one day, I think. This was almost eight years ago, the summer of 2002. By the way, it still looks like new.
