in my formal dinings room my ceiling was white & it is turned yellow!!! we donot smoke that much in that room. my husband putted a smaller ashtray in that room to limit us to 1 0r 2 cigs per meel. i usallly smoke in my kitchen tab%led or ined my bed or in my livings rooms or in my jeep. my son noticed the yellowness & toldd me about the problems. we cannnot figures out why it is turned yellowed??? i thought it mite be a leek of some tipe in the roofs. i tolded my husband to repaint the ceilings. that is spost to be the bEStest room in my house......,,,,,,i want white ceilings agained!!!! what should i do to fixed the problem$?
2006-11-20 09:31:59 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Home & Garden ➔ Maintenance & Repairs
shoulded we cut back on smokeing a littel bit more in thated room then haved my husband repant ceilings?
2006-11-21 12:13:28 · update #1
As others have said, it is the smoke - if you don't belive how much stain can come from one cigarette, try a water pipe on day and jam the filter of the cigarette into th pipe.
At the end of ONE cigarette, the water will be so dark brown as to be almost black. It makes ceiling yellow very qickly.
The sad part is, I suspect your son was perhaps dropping a wonderfully subtle hint that your smoke DOES get everywhere. Alas, I think it was perhaps a little too subtle!
2006-11-20 09:42:34 · answer #1 · answered by Mark T 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Paint your walls and ceilings. Then you need to stop smoking in the house. 1 or 2 cigarettes a meal does add up.
2006-11-20 12:10:07 · answer #2 · answered by suz' 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Smoke is like air it doesn't stay put in one room it flows from room to room. The cieling is yellow because you smoke in the house. You can repaint it, but as long as you continue to smoke in the house it will just turn yellow again. I'm a smoker but I don't smoke in my house or near my pets. I hate to preach, but really you shouldn't smoke in the house when there is a child living there.
2006-11-20 09:36:28 · answer #3 · answered by Lachelle 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I agree with the other answers, smoking inside does leave a residue but there is also another possibility that could add fuel to the fire so to speak.
If your house has gas heat, it will also leave a residue.
If you plan to repaint, use Kilz first - it will keep prior stains from bleeding through your new paint.
Hope this helps!
2006-11-20 11:37:43 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Stop smoking inside the house altogether - problem solved!
2006-11-20 09:39:45 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
its due to smoking and ventilation, you dont need to smoke much indoors to stain things
2006-11-20 09:35:26 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
smoke
2006-11-20 10:12:13 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
no matter where u smoke it will travel to any room!
2006-11-20 09:34:08 · answer #8 · answered by Yahoo Answerer 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋