Everyone (or just about everyone) loves the smell of fresh paint. It gives us a sense of cleanliness and fresness.
As for cleanliness...absolutely, one can be rest assured that the walls are now clean.
As for freshness...this is a double edged perception. You see, the room will look new but the senses have been fooled with the association between the visual and the olfactory (smell). That new paint smell is really offgassing which is the process of evaporation of the solvents or VOC's (volatile organic compounds) used in formulating paint. Some paints, usually those of lesser quality, will offgas for a very long time. These vapors that are constantly in the air can be very dangerous and possible cause various types of malodies and illness.
Fortunately, quality paint manufacturers are aware of this problem and the affect it has on the Earth's atmosphere and that they don't support the Green environmental initiative effort being made worldwide. In turn, they have become very proactive in creating formulas that have very little or no smell. These paints have no VOC's. I have used them for several customers and can attest that they really don't smell.
People who have babies or young children are especially sensitive to that new paint smell and its dangers. We use these No VOC paints virtually all the time with these customers. They are truly the best choice.
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