Question from Lynn
My 23 year old son just moved into a house with 2 other people. The landlord had just refinished the floors 2 weeks prior and have since done a second coat. He tried turning up the heat for 24 hours, opening the windows with fans going and then repeating the process for a week.
Apparently the heat source in the house is not so great. He even added some electric heaters. It stills smells awful and he is still unable to live there full time. It has been 7 weeks since the floors were redone. They also put new carpet in his bedroom and he has used an AFM product on it which he may need to repeat.
Any other ideas for the polyurethane smell.? Maybe something topically.
Any suggestions for supplements to help his liver cope?I told him Dandelion and cilantro.
Debra’s Answer
Wow. Do you know what product was used? Sounds like it might be oil-based because a water-based finish should have outgassed by now.
Honestly, this sounds like a pretty toxic place. Can he just find another place to live?
Just to be clear, it’s the solvents that are smelling, not the polyurethane. I don’t know of anything to apply to seal in the odor. What you want to do is cure it.
Here is a great herbal liver supplement that I have taken myself: Liver Balance Plus.
