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I've been smelling a paint type smell downstairs (unfinished, workshop & storage) for a day or so and I've been looking for some paint or thinner can with a loose cap. My wife has been mostly gone at an event for a town group she's President of, so we've not conversed much. I thought she might have painted a sign & she thought I might have... But the odor persisted... I kept looking... I was down stairs & began feeling nauseous... I could not leave the sliding door down there open because the ramp blocks the screen. I climbed over some things to get one window open. I came upstairs & opened the upstairs slider & windows & started fans to get some air moving. I became worried the concentration was dangerous... both for breathing & possibly flamable/explosive. After some fresh air, I went down again & found an old spray paint can... had leaked through the base! It wasn't rusty or anything. It was in a small steel cabinette & the shelf had spillage but was too dry to wipe up (And disguard out the door after the can!) I emptied the cabinette & moved it... discovered a puddle of who knows what... solvent??? underneath. I mopped that up & dragged the cabinette (and the paper towels) to the slider & dumped it down the ramp to air out. (Evaporate & dissapate... away from people) Just a note... never put solvent soaked cloths, rags or tissue in a closed container... they can spontaineously combust... Recommendations are to spread rags etc out single thickness & let the solvent evaporate. I woke dear wife up, snoozing in front of TV, so my dragging caninette wouldn't startle her (& make sure she could be awakened). I really don't want to be in a house full of fumes. Pretty nasty... hopefully this headache will disappate by bed time...