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Posted by Robert Berg on September 4, 2006, 7:49 pm
Thanks for your expertise on the subject of primers/sealers, Jack...
Went out and bought some of the oil based stuff in a spray can - I'm
going to spray into the spaces I can't otherwise get to, let it dry
completely, fill the spaces with great stuff, and then prime/seal again
before I put the base and toe on. I'll let you know how it works...
bob
Jack wrote:
> I had good luck with a similar issue sealing with Z Prime. Zinzers
> primer also would work . Just make sure you buy the High octane oil
> based stuff not the latex. It's more expensive and smell but it works.
> The latex stuff is no better than paint in my opinion.
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> Robert Berg wrote:
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>>This newsgroup was recommended to me by a very helpful person in
>>rec.pets.cats.health+behav. TIA to anyone with experience with this
>>sort of problem and can share it...
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>>I have a 55 year old house with plaster and lathe walls and hardwood
>>floors that have for the first time been refinished. I'm replacing
>>molding and want to do the best I can to remove the smell from a male
>>cat that sprayed in a corner repeatedly. The smell is particularly
>>pungent now that the old molding has been removed, and it seems to not
>>only have soaked into the hardwood floor which is now refinished and
>>sealed with poly, but the bottom frame for the lathe and plaster wall is
>>soaked with the spray, as well as whatever surfaces between the flooring
>>and wall it found its way to...
>>
>>I know there are some enzymes that work pretty well to neutralize the
>>smell but once this stuff soaks into wood I'm assuming the wood should
>>either be sealed or replaced. Anyone ever have an experience with a
>>problem like this?
>>
>>Thanks again
>>
>>bob
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