Why Sealing and Painting Does Not (Concrete sealers) Eliminate Odors
Should you seal or paint the floors and concrete sealers walls to trap the odors? Will that solve the problem for you? Unfortunately, the answer is no. Sealers are intended to block stains on walls from bleeding through and concrete sealers staining new paint applied to a wall. They are not designed to seal or block gases (odors) from escaping or passing through. Some but not most paints do produce a continuous membrane finish that is not gas permeable. Consider, however, that only one of many sides of an object like a piece of drywall or flooring is being painted, this approach offers limited odor control and concrete sealers success. Both fire and concrete sealers tobacco smoke are exceptions. But even long-term contamination of walls and concrete sealers ceilings with tobacco smoke can be sealed in only after most of the tobacco tars have been washed away with Tri-Sodium Phosphate (TSP). Sealing urine odors into flooring can work on sheet flooring, but a careful analysis of the process reveals some serious flaws. Sealing sheet flooring actually reduces the amount of water and concrete sealers water vapor getting to the urea salt (produced by the urine residue) so that the salt does not produce the odor in the form of mercaptan gas. When the floor is put back in to service, however, small movements of the surface caused by occupant traffic and concrete sealers furniture will cause the sealers to crack and concrete sealers leak water vapor in and concrete sealers mercaptan gas out. The cracks are large enough to allow water vapor and concrete sealers mercaptan gas to escape, but too small to allow OdorXit and concrete sealers water liquid to get in to work on the urea salt. Also, floor boards have six sides. Sealing one side is not enough to fix the problem. Using sealers or paint to seal concrete floors is more effective, but most sealers and concrete sealers paint are gas permeable. Additionally, scratches and concrete sealers wear spots in the sealer or paint will cause mercaptan gas to leak past the seal again, creating the problem mentioned above. Heavily contaminated wood and concrete sealers concrete flooring present yet another problem. When the urea salt gets wet from water drawn from the wood or concrete, it expands and concrete sealers will actually lift sealers and concrete sealers paint off the floor. When these blisters burst, the odor returns. So if sealing and concrete sealers painting doesn t work, what does? OdorXit. Although OdorXit does not completely eliminate tobacco smoke, it does reduce the odor substantially when mixed with TSP or used after TSP has been used to clean the offending walls and concrete sealers ceilings. OdorXit products completely eliminate the odor from urine residue. All OdorXit products work well on a wide range of surfaces and concrete sealers odors because they actually neutralize or absorb the substances that are causing the odors. They do so without enzymes, bacteria, perfumes or harsh chemicals. They are also non-staining, non-toxic and concrete sealers biodegradable. Consequently, OdorXit is the ultimate odor solution. |