Affect of Painting and polishing in the house

Hi my house is getting painted and the wooden furniture is getting polished. My coins and furniture are in the same room. Will the painting and polishing affect the coins or should I skip the painting and polishing.

The painting and polishing was last done 25 years ago so they need it but I don't want to endanger the coins and paper money.

The coins cannot be moved to a different location. Thanks

 

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You only have one room in your house?

Chris

 

Hey, welcome back!

 

Yes

 

Thanks

 

All you can do is keep lots of fresh air moving thru the room until everything dries and the fumes are gone.
Next option is to move the room and leave the coins where they are.

 

Harvey wants to know where the devil have you been?

Cover everything in plastic and set out the fans........

 

Tell Harvey it's a multimillion dollar collection and he will find himself on that fan if something goes wrong.

Also tell him I miss you both

 

Hmmm... that must making going to the bathroom awfully awkward when guests come over..

 

Move the coins to a safe house until the work is done. TC

 

Coins can't be moved. My only choices are do the work or don't do the work if we anticipate damage to the coins

 

I wouldn't consider anything that involved sanding, scrubbing, or paint droplets flying through the air. Painting usually involves at least some of those. I wouldn't chance it.

At this point, though, is there some risk that your collection may own you more than you own it...?

 

I assume you are painting with acrylic or latex based paint and with brushes or roller, and not oils which may have more chemically reactive pigments. If so, covering the various coin depositories with plastic should take care of it. An airless or compressed air paint gun would be more problematic. In that case seal the plastic with duct tape well. Using wood polish on the furniture should be no problem. If any touches the coins, acetone should readily remove it. Do not use acidic or chemical polishes intended for metallic art. The thicker plastic drop sheets are worth the safety margins from corner tears. Jim( Yeah still around )

 

Personally, I'd be even more worried about your own health.

 

Using water based paint except the storage is of metal where oil will be used. The almirah will be shut so there will be painting only on the outside I am just worried of the fumes coming in

Glad you are still around

 

Our coins outlive us we are only caretakers

 

Oil takes forever to dry and stinks longer than that. There must be a better option.

 

I wish there was but it is iron cupboard only oil paint sticks

 

Keep on looking - you'll find that is no longer true. There are effective water-based, direct-to-metal paints available and if you use a separate primer (also water-based) it becomes even easier. Due to the drive to eliminate VOC's, paint technology has advanced more in the last ten years than in the fifty preceding.

 

Heck yeah, people are even painting COINS now, I've seen it.