Our son was priming the walls in his room with oil-based Kilz last night and ended up doing only one wall as the fumes circulated all over the house and thankfully woke my husband up. I had mistakenly bought oil-based Kilz. A few ideas as you use this product…

1) Just use regular KILZ – NOT Oil-Based.

If you MUST use this product:

1) VENTILATION is IMPERATIVE! It took hours of staying awake in the middle of the night with the windows opened and fans going to get the fumes manageable enough to start closing windows and go back to bed.

2) Do not use this product in the middle of a summer day when you cannot open windows in the house.

3) I would not recommend lighting scented candles. I wouldn't strike a match. I'm serious the fumes were so bad, it was scary.

4) Oil-based paints are 99.9% less forgiving if you drip or spill them on a surface other than for what you intended. Water-based paint is your friend.

5) Just plan on throwing away your roller or paint brush or anything that comes in contact with it.