painting..

[claire22]

well i'm re-doing my room COMPLETELY and that means painting it..
the cage my birds are in is HUGE [sorry i lost the bookmark to it.. but its basically 6 feet high and 2-3 feet wide.. its big] and i'm not sure where i can move it to. would down the hall with 2 closed doors between the birds and the paint be ok?
my dad said that modern paint isnt made with oil anymore so its not as strong, but i really dont want to end up with three dead birds.
HELP?

[henryswife]

Hi Claire,
I think this question was asked a while ago, and from what I
remember is to use paint with low V.O.C. [volatile organic compounds]
Sherman Williams - Harmany

Just make sure you cover both top & bottom of both doors, yours & where the birds are. Make sure you vent the room being painted with a fan in the window if possible, and make sure that where the fan is blowing out isn't entering a window where the birds are if that one happens to be open.
Hope this helps. I'm sure they will be fine. Alice

This room isn't your sisters?? LOL

[claire22]

cover the top and bottom with towels or something? hm good idea. .never thought of that.
we already bought the paint.. im pretty sure it was called olympic from lowe's, we were gonna go to sherwinn williams but they were closed

lol no, my sister is still here, she's moving out in 2 weeks or so.
soo birdies are going down the hall in the guest room.
thanks!