Turpentine Solution

[WeeG123]

Hi all,

DH was decorating our boy’s new room as Baby #2 is due and he is still in the nursery. I didn’t paint or touch the turpentine solution but he used some to get paint out of the carpet and the whole upstairs (apart from our son’s room) stinks of it. We opened windows and our own room balcony door during the night hut the smell lingers a bit.

I’m currently 26 weeks pregnant and worried about smelling the turpentine solution and if it will harm baby? As I said, I wasn’t on the room or handled the turpentine but just the lingering smell. DH feels so annoyed and upset with himself too.

Any advice?

Turpentine smells can linger for a while and it should not be used unless the area is well ventilated, try keeping all upstairs windows open for another couple of days , ideally with a through draughty from front to back of the house.

I paint regularly with turpentine as solvent so inhale the stuff regularly. I'm not crazy yet!
You will be probably be fine as your baby is past the critical first trimester. ( even then I wouldn't worry).
You can try to dilute or neutralize the odour with rubbing alcohol . I would dab it generously with a cotton rag . Continue ventilating the area though.
Best wishes to you .