In addition if you are working in a tight unventilated area such as an attic you must take the proper safety precautions or you could become overwhelmed by primer and paint fumes.
White spray paint in the attic after a fire.
It improves the look of the attic but the main reason is for encapsulating the smoke odor.
When the paint is installed correctly it will reflect about 75 of the radiant heat and can be a very good product.
This helps eliminate the smoke smell.
A painted attic usually indicates that the building has been damaged by fire.
In the end the majority of the time the painting of an attic involves capsulation of smoke odors.
Burned wood is ill suited for adhesion and will reject new paint unless you employ the proper preparation procedures.
Although a home s attic is an appropriate place to store many items storing paint there can be hazardous.
I had my attic rafters spray foamed in 2010.
Lo mit attic heat barrier is a coating specially formulated to reduce summer radiant heat gain from the roof into the attic.
For these jobs we use the prime lock primer sealer stain killer.
Where to begin after a house fire.
There may be hidden damage to electrical wiring wall supports and foundations that should be corrected before cleaning and finishing cosmetic touches like painting walls.
Spray painting oil based primer on trusses in an attic that was damaged by smoke.
Now i was told this home had a prior kitchen fire and i know sometimes painting areas not normally painted is done to eliminate odors like the charred smell from a fire.
Lo mit is a silver colored non thickness dependent low emissivity radiant barrier paint interior radiation control coating system irccs which may be used in almost any application where infrared heat reflectivity.
Painting an attic white or some other color after being exposed to a fire or smoke is not unusual.
In a large 8700 sq.
Ft 12year old home the entire unfinished attic trusses and sheathing was painted white.
The best radiant barrier spray spray is only available to commercial contractors and is an environmentally safe water based low e paint called heatbloc 75 radiance e 25 or lo mit.
In this case the kitchen is on the first floor and the attic is above the third floor.
After a roof fire replacement of damaged components is the standard repair.
A dirty job.