Thank you Quesports. I have already started the painting process and did use KILZ before I painted. Also had to scrub the walls with a mix of bleach and ammonia. T'was fun. Still debating the whole ceiling painting tho. That will NOT be fun.
I think you must be kidding me when you said you mixed bleach & ammonia!! If you did that you'd be in some serious trouble. Here is some info about it just in case!!
Because the giant warning on the bottle in bright red print with a skull and cross bones isn't enough, hundreds of people are wheeled into emergency rooms every year after mixing a deadly combination of ammonia and bleach- a corrosive concoction that can cause the lungs to fill with liquid.
Household bleach is 5% sodium hypochlorite. Mix it with ammonia and mono- and di-chloramines are formed. These nasty fellows will cause lovely symptoms such as respiratory tract irritation, tearing, and nausea. To make things better, add water to get hydrochloric acid and nascent oxygen- also known as chlorine gas, the chemical weapon of choice of Nazi Germany in World War II- for the added bonus of drowning in your own fluids!
I can tell you many horror stories associated with painting accidents because workers were not properly trained. Two painters blew themselves up and died using kilz in a closed room when the gas fired wall heater ignited. Two others were eloctrocuted walking an extension ladder into a power line. I have read so many accident reports and all have many similarities. Most are caused by a lack of training...
Sadly now we see many hispanic men being injured in construction accidents and many of them are hurt because of exhaustion, (they usually work two jobs to make ends meet) add to that many have severly limited english skills making training very difficult.
Anyhow I have gotten carried away!!!
Congrats to you for working so hard to clean up and make a good environment for you, your customers and your employees!!!
If I'm ever down near St Louis I'll look you up!
Dan
