OK I built my giant hood from white chloroplast and spray painted the inside black. Just one problem – It’s been about two weeks since I finished it and the fumes are still overwhelming. Does anyone have any ideas for removing the smell? Wiping it down? A bag of Charcoal? Covering it with a lacquer?
Wiping it down should help, or sticking it out in the weather for a bit. Personally, I wouldn't stick a bird in a box until the fumes have left COMPLETELY, and then waited a week or so after to make sure. What kind of spray paint did you use? The type might have something to do with it.
Give a man a fire and he'll be warm for a day. Light a man on fire and he'll be warm for a lifetime.
I wanted black, but the sign company said they didn't use much of it and wouldn't order just one sheet.
My sponsor wants me to build a new one, but I need to make this one safe to get me by. I've had it in my garage for almost two weeks and the fumes are still just too strong. I won't put a bird in there as it is.
I used Krylon spray paint I believe.
Would it help to cover it with laquer or latex paint?
the smell does eventually fade... i put it outside, locked in my weathering with the door propped open. The scent faded fast.
I'm going to try and get ahold of some black coroplast though
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Oh and THIS one is going to have the door reversed... it's a right hand door open, i need it to be a left handed one... stupid of me to make it like that.
**EDIT AGAIN**
Well.. i modified the coroplast hood pattern so it's accesible for left handed people. here it is:
Last Edit: Dec 19, 2006 20:51:17 GMT -5 by morganf
Since you too got a monster bird this year Morgan I'm curious about the dimensions of your giant hood, how wide, deep tall, and where inside you put your perch relative to the door (i.e. how many inches in and how many up). I'm just wondering because I have almost the exact same hood and I wanted to compare notes. I'll get pics up this weekend if I can. but mine is 13 inches wide by 25 deep and I found that this may not be deep enough.
25 inches deep is more than adequate for any redtail. Put your perch 9 inches back from the front, and 8 inches up from the bottom. That will leave plenty of room for the tail to clear the floor, and for the tail to clear the back wall when she slices. It also gives her ample clearance from the front. The mistake I've seen most often is placing the perch too high, and the bird not having any head room. You would think it'd be obvious, but it slips by a lot of folks. I've seen several people's g-hoods where the bird had to perch bent over, because their head was touching the top.
ya my perch is only like 5 inches away from the front and that's not far enough from what I can see so I am going to move it back so that it's a little closer to the back.