I was looking through some of the posts that I could find regarding fire charred wood. A customers house was burned by one of those animal smoke bombs that people use for chasing away woodchucks and coons, under her bay window was burned. I looked at it today I know that I will have to replace three floor joists that were cantilevered out over the foundation, as well as the rim joist around the bay, but my question was about the subfloor. The underside is charred but not badly enough to warrant replacing my concern is the smell. I was wondering if anyone has had any success minimizing the smell using either kilz or binz. I read a couple of posts saying that but also heard of someone using aluminum paint? Never heard of that one before but wondered if someone else had.
Any help or suggestions would be greatly appreciated as I need to get started on this early next week.
Thanks!
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Aluminium paint is excellent to seal in oily or greasy patches on plaster before painting -- I've never heard of it being used to seal in odor before but it should work.
IanDG
aluminum paint and either bin or kilz (the shellac based one) will seal in odor on fire jobs..... but if visible tips everyone to the previous fire........ use clear shellac, apply w spray gun, will seal odor and not have telltale silver or white paint color to it
also good as hairspray
Shellac or the shellac based primers are good at sealing in the smell. I had a friend in the disaster restoration business, and that's what they used.