Adrienne I had a similar complaint from my wife about the paint smell - fortunately it is a darkroom, and has an exhaust fan. I just turned on the fan to vent the air outside and after a couple of days, all was well. Mark --- Adrienne Moumin <photowonder2010@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hi, all, > > The final darkroom load-in has begun now that the > construction & finish work > has finally come to an end! So it will be ready to > use in the next week > once all the fine tuning is complete. > > I luckily managed to find the floor mats I was > looking for at Home Depot. > The 1/2 inch thick, 3'x3' commercial rubber w/the > holes. Heaven on the old > dogs! I thought I'd have to order online & pay > freight, but on my almost > daily forays for one thing or another, there they > were! > > My dream mats are turning nightmarish, however, as > the smell wafts up from > the basement & permeates the entire house, even the > top floor. The smell > has transmogrified all over the olfactory map for my > fiance & I. When I > walk in the front door, it is redolent of an old age > home (if that makes any > sense). Fiance's interpretation fluctuates between > that & cooking cabbage. > > I was wondering if folks had any ideas about how to > treat the mats to > eliminate the smell. Googling every word > combination I could think of > yielded nada. > > Thanks for the brain strain, once again, on my > behalf! > > -Adrienne Moumin > > > > > > *************************************** > Please, please shake some booty on the dance floor. > You look great in those > pants and we totally spy you tapping your foot up > against the wall, flower. > If the beat moves you, then rock it. > > from "nonsense nyc," 12/31/04...and their list of > rules for New Year's Eve > (and for life). > > > ============================================================================================================= > To unsubscribe from this list, go to > www.freelists.org and logon to your account (the > same e-mail address and password you set-up when you > subscribed,) and unsubscribe from there. > __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Take Yahoo! Mail with you! Get it on your mobile phone. http://mobile.yahoo.com/maildemo ============================================================================================================= To unsubscribe from this list, go to www.freelists.org and logon to your account (the same e-mail address and password you set-up when you subscribed,) and unsubscribe from there.