Is latex paint safe to use for my situation?

[cyris69]

Should i completely remove them from the room? I also have my 55gallon roach tank in the same room as well which I can't remove, I know I should have thought about this before setting up the tank but completely spaced it.

This takes only 2-4 hours to completely dry will it be safe after that time period or longer?

[SCF]

I also use as much caution as possible when it comes to these things, that being said though, I have never tried to paint anything near any pets. I am in the environmental industry (Hazmat) and do air/water testing, we also go to great lengths and overboard in some situations when it comes to dealing with anything hazardous. Why not just remove the tank from the room?

[cyris69]

Main reason being that its large, full of heavy rocks, large water area also full. I don't want to risk breaking the glass as I don't have a spare to replace it. I can move the frogs out of the room since I have a temp 10gal already setup when the time comes to ever move them.

[SCF]

I would go that route then. It doesn't say on the link, is the paint 100% latex? Also looking through the msds, it says

Odor: Ammonia Like

So when letting it dry, I would wait until there is no scent whatsoever.

I don't know if you read this part: Engineering Controls: Prevent build-up of vapors by opening all doors and windows to achieve cross -ventilation. Use process enclosures, local exhaust ventilation, or other engineering controls to control airborne levels below

[SCF]

Well actually you already have your engineering controls in place with your fan, but i'm not sure how it would affect your feeders. Bill would be a good guy to have chime in... can someone call him..Bill..Biiillll!? Can you step away from the vivarium forum for a sec and come over here?

[SCF]

Just out of curiosity, do you have pics up of your setup on here? I wan't to check it out.

[GrifTheGreat]

Latex paint would be bad. When using rubber gloves to handle your frogs you must use non-latex gloves so latex paint is a no.

Edit; I just saw where you said exterior. Sorry. Well there will be fumes since most paints contain styrene which is quite toxic. It aid in the drying process as it evaporates. You would be better off to keep the frog in another tank until the paint drys. You will need to keep them in another room away from the drying paint. Frogs are extremely sensitive and it doesn't take much to cause death.