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Is acrylic paint dangerous to guinea pigs?

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Maxellnimons

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Acrylic paint is not toxic at all to humans, but is it harmful to piggies? They are so tiny :(
For those who may not know, Acrylic paint had no smell and absolutely no fumes at all!
My room is really big and it has good ventilation.
The painted area is really small. It's the size of an A3 paper.

The other problem is that I have to choose between the lesser of two evils: Is it better to keep the piggy in the room with the fresh paint (already almost dry) with myself overnight, or should we move to the other room which is without ventilation so it's a bit hot?

Help please :)
Thank you so much xoxo
 
As best I know acrylic dries quite quickly, after it's painted I would take a quick hairdryer to it just to warm up the wall (patch test in the corner first) the warm air currents will help shift the vapours so they will diffuse faster with fresh incoming air. So get plenty of ventilation with open doors and windows to carry the vapour out one way or another. Heating has never warped any acrylic work/colours I've done on costumes before as long as you dont hold it on the same spot for 2 minutes and watch your house melt! haha.. and dry time after I warmed up the fabric was about an hour. tacky but odorless and acrylic vapours are obvious.

I'm going to plum that staying in your room will be fine, as it is only an A3 size and not a continuous process done day after day or week after week.

Saying that, one night in a warmer room can't be that much worse than most british nights at their hottest? Or is it furnace type warm?.. Leeland just pancakes in the open with some cool cucumber when we have hot sticky nights, totally unfazed.
 
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