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Green Painting

Everybody’s going green! I have heard about some hybrid cars, the green roofing, using solar energy, and green building specifications. At some stores we might find green products, house cleaning and cosmetics, organic foods. Environmentally friendly painting products are rising.

Have you ever been close to or involved in a painting project in your home when the painter has asked you if you were concerned about your health or your family’s? Did they offer you the choice of selecting green and eco-friendly paints? Probably not.

Your green choice is here. There are plenty of eco-friendly paints from manufacturers We take advantage o innovations in environmental friendly painting supplies, and offer them to you.

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The products

Zero-VOC paints we offer

Natura 0.00 VOC Interior Paint

Natura® Interior Waterborne Paint, Primer (511)

Natura Interior Waterborne Primer (511) is a low odor, zero-VOC, 100% acrylic interior latex primer/sealer with spatter-resistant properties. Ideally suited for residential applications, the Natura Primer does not have the odor of conventional primers, which contain ingredients such as Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs).

Always use Natura Interior Waterborne Primer (511) as a first coat when a low-odor, VOC-free primer/finish system is required.

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Benjamin Moore

Green Promise® Paints

Benjamin Moore Green Promise® Paints are some of the finest paints you can find on the market today. But how did they get to be so green? The reason is the combination of both the base paint and the colorant.

The Green Promise® designation is Benjamin Moore’s assurance that its eco-friendly paint and environmentally friendly coatings meet and exceed the strictest industry standards, while also delivering the premium levels of performance you expect from Benjamin Moore.

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Paints — what to look for

Ideally you will use paints that meet three health requirements, low VOCs, low biocides & natural pigments.

Keep in mind that many paints labeled low VOC simply just meet Environmental Protection Agency min requirements which call for no more than 250 grams per liter of VOC’s in low-VOC latex paint, no more than 380 gm/l for “low-VOC” oil-based paints. There are paints available with even lower VOC levels (0–100 gm/l).

To find the VOC level, check the paint can label, or call the company or contractor and ask for a material safety data sheet. You need to tailor you. environmentally friendly Painting products requirements to whether you’re looking for an exterior or an interior paint as follows:

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Exterior paints

All exterior paints have fungicides, and low-biocide paints are not available for exteriors. The best choice for exterior paint is that it has zinc oxide as fungicide.

Next choices — zero to very low-VOC paint acrylic and latex paints, recycled water-based paint. Avoid oil based paint because of their high VOC content as well as paint from old cans that may contain mercury or lead.

Interior paints

Latex paint low biocide and VOC levels another top choice. Latex paint is safer for the environment than oil-based paint, but it needs to be used with great care due to the strong terpenes.

Acceptable paints, although they contain biocides include latex, acrylic, and recycled latex paints, assuming they don’t contain mercury or lead. Avoid oil- and solvent based paint products. No matter which interior paint you use, it is best to keep room well ventilated.

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