What are Safe Options for Portable Heaters?
I had someone ask this week about portable heaters. I had written that I have a “ceramic heater” with a metal housing and she didn’t know what a ceramic heater was, or what to look for. So I’m going to give you a little review here of different types of portable heaters that come with metal housings, including pictures, so you know what your options are. First, though, I want to say that with any portable heater with a meal housing, there will be an initial odor from the paint that is not fully cured. These paints are heat cured during manufacture, but there can be residual outgassing as the paint it dry to the touch, but not fully cured. Once the paint is fully outgassed, you can use these heaters with no problem. About outgassing heaters…From reading your comments, I see that some of you are not outgassing them long enough. It requires a lot more than a few hours. I gave mine to a friend to use all winter. Others have just run the heater outdoors or in the garage. How long you need
