Ventilation - Water Based Stains/Finishes

Good to know. I was under the same impression. Is it safe to assume that it won’t explode when the furnace comes on?

-- Maplewood, MN

I’m interested to hear more about this because I was thinking of converting to water based finiishes so I can use an HVLP sprayer in my basement without blowing the place up. I’ve pretty much heard that the explosion danger isn’t there but that you should still wear a respirator with the organic filter cartridges installed. I wonder if the headache inducing properties of the finish vary from manufacturer to manufacturer? If anybody has been using waterbased finishes and can shed some light on the subject I’d really appreciate it!

-- - Scott "handplane"

The water based products are not flammable, so no issue with combustion. The part I didn’t know was that there are still chemicals that are dangerous to breathe. I guess I assumed that the stuff dangerous to breathe was in the oil base itself.

-- Dave _-^-_ Baltimore, MD