I need to paint a built in cabinet right next to my tank. Anyone ran into this issue? Any advice?
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Okay, so, not knowing squat, but what little I know, I have thoughts?
I admit, I looked at a setup today that had the air intakes for the skimmer plumbed by tubing clear outside the building, with mesh on the outside and refillable inline carbon filters in the maintenance room. Which gets me thinking...
Drape the tank in plastic sheet like you use for painting over, etc., maybe even lightly weighted over the edges to keep it in place. I think that's a given, regardless?
Either shut off your skimmer, or connect a hose to your air intake and run it to someplace where the air is cleaner, and while you're at it, put a carbon filter inline with it, with filter floss or better over the end. Ideally this might be outside the home altogether. If you don't have a GREAT or easy immediate access to clean air, depending on your circumstances, get the end of the tube as far away from your tank as is possible.
If you're not using a skimmer, then use an air pump with an airstone or diffuser disc or whatever, on as long as a
Either way, if you can't get fresh, outside air readily, whether you're using an air pump to drive an air stone, or running a line to/from your skimmer, I would suggest adding a set of OV/P100 particulate filters for a respirator mask. The aforementioned inline carbon filter will help for normal stuff - typical low-concentration pollutants - but paint inside is another story, and you'll want a filter designed for it. While you're at it, maybe go ahead and buy a cheap mask too, that way you can cut off its bayonet connections for the filters and affix them to whatever apparatus you're going to rig up to connect your air hoses to, or place your air pump in (or both). You could also just buy a powered ventilator hood setup, and connect its output pipe through the sheeting, et voila.
Is it overkill? Maybe. I mean, ideally you can just ventilate to a window pretty easily from under a drop cloth, and call it a day, but
Sans that option, I'd think filtered forced-air would be the way to go, and keep as much as that stuff out of your tank as possible.
I admit, I looked at a setup today that had the air intakes for the skimmer plumbed by tubing clear outside the building, with mesh on the outside and refillable inline carbon filters in the maintenance room. Which gets me thinking...
Drape the tank in plastic sheet like you use for painting over, etc., maybe even lightly weighted over the edges to keep it in place. I think that's a given, regardless?
Either shut off your skimmer, or connect a hose to your air intake and run it to someplace where the air is cleaner, and while you're at it, put a carbon filter inline with it, with filter floss or better over the end. Ideally this might be outside the home altogether. If you don't have a GREAT or easy immediate access to clean air, depending on your circumstances, get the end of the tube as far away from your tank as is possible.
If you're not using a skimmer, then use an air pump with an airstone or diffuser disc or whatever, on as long as a
Either way, if you can't get fresh, outside air readily, whether you're using an air pump to drive an air stone, or running a line to/from your skimmer, I would suggest adding a set of OV/P100 particulate filters for a respirator mask. The aforementioned inline carbon filter will help for normal stuff - typical low-concentration pollutants - but paint inside is another story, and you'll want a filter designed for it. While you're at it, maybe go ahead and buy a cheap mask too, that way you can cut off its bayonet connections for the filters and affix them to whatever apparatus you're going to rig up to connect your air hoses to, or place your air pump in (or both). You could also just buy a powered ventilator hood setup, and connect its output pipe through the sheeting, et voila.
Is it overkill? Maybe. I mean, ideally you can just ventilate to a window pretty easily from under a drop cloth, and call it a day, but
Sans that option, I'd think filtered forced-air would be the way to go, and keep as much as that stuff out of your tank as possible.
With the new products we have today. You won't have any issues.
If you are using varnish, solvents or spraying .. I would take the simple precautions ..
It really depends on the product you're going to use and the method of application. Common interior latex would be unlikely to cause any issues unless applied with a sprayer. A cheap plastic drop cloth to cover the tank & stand and turn off the skimmer. But anything that lists VOC's would be another issue. When I painted my basement I had no problems but I taped off the doors to the room with the tank. Taping every air gap, even to the floor and left the room through a window and turned off the HVAC. I then spray primed all drywall surfaces, twice. Then sprayed the ceiling and rolled the walls.
Simple household aerosol cleaners can be detrimental to the tank. Things like Pledge or Lysol. Then with a little searching you'll find tons of reports of issues from people burning candles.
I would read the label of what you plan to use and then take the steps necessary to protect the tank.
I'm planning on finishing the stairs to my basement soon and I'm going to wait till the weather warms up and I can open the windows.
Simple household aerosol cleaners can be detrimental to the tank. Things like Pledge or Lysol. Then with a little searching you'll find tons of reports of issues from people burning candles.
I would read the label of what you plan to use and then take the steps necessary to protect the tank.
I'm planning on finishing the stairs to my basement soon and I'm going to wait till the weather warms up and I can open the windows.
Could you elaborate a little more? Which products?
Breakthrough by porter we use alot. It has to be sprayed. And with this product you use this as a primer also. It dries to touch in 15 minutes. It's the hardest product to use. But literally cover tank cut off skimmer. Breakthrough sticks to all wood plastic tile formica almost any surface. There's no product on market that can do this
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