painted radiators SMELL

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Moderator Post (s) for this thread: > painting radiators by tomh on 01/01/2005

i hope someone can help.
4 days ago, at the advice of a paint dept. employee at Lowe's, I used rustoleum oil based paint to paint over a hot water radiator. The fumes are AWFUL. Does anyone know if this goes away? Should I keep heating and it will "burn off"? Should I turn off radiator and let the paint cure longer (it had 2 days of being cold before I turned the heat back on)? Help! Am I going to have to strip the paint? If so, does anyone have suggestions on doing that. Argh!