Well, after five days of outgassing, the bottles no longer smell like high-octane gasoline and I can finally bring my 25 bottles of wine in from the garage. I came across this spray stuff in the art section of a store. It says on the can: " Non-yellowing protection for oil, acrylic and watercolor." After printing up my labels, I taped the sheets of paper to some scrap plywood. I followed the instructions on the can explicitly and gave the labels two coats of Krylon Kamar Varnish. After letting them dry in the work shed for two hours, I brought them into the kitchen. In less than an hour I had trimmed the labels and stuck them on with craft glue sticks, the kindergarten stuff, and put the bottles over in a corner of the kitchen. In less than another hour I was carrying the bottles out of the house to the garage. Good Grief! That stuff stunk up the whole house! On the can it says to use in a well-ventilated area but I thought that was just for the spraying and drying. I took three days for the smell to dissipate.
Krylon Kamar Varnish (1312)
I'm not condemning the product but if you use it, plan on leaving it outside for a few days before bringing it into the house.
Regards,
Casey