0
Pain that stinks up the house and pollutes the inside of your home is not a necessity when painting a room in your house. Paints that contain volatile organic compounds, or VOCs, are dangerous for you and bad for the air, the water, and the earth. They can cause breathing problems and in extreme cases even cancer. The VOCs continue to come off of the paint for over a year, meaning that even when the smell is gone the toxins are still present in your home. Here are some options that will allow you to paint without exposing yourself to health hazards or polluting the planet.
Benjamin Moore offers a paint they refer to as Eco Spec. Costing about thirty two dollars a gallon, it does not contain any VOCs. It can be found at Ace hardware. A VOC free paint is available from Kelly Moore known as Enviro-Cote. Found at Kelly Moore stores, it costs about thirty three dollars per gallon. Freshaire paint from the Home Depot is another type of paint that is environmentally friendly. It costs thirty seven dollars a gallon. Lifemaster 2000, from ICI/Dulux stores, is VOC free. It costs thirty five dollars a gallon. A series of paints available from Olympic Paint known as Premium is another safe option. It can be found at Lowe’s, and it costs only twenty dollars. Pure Performance, by Pittsburgh Paints, costs thirty seven dollars. Harmony Interior Latex from Sherwin Williams is VOC free. Available in Sherwin Williams stores, it costs about forty dollars a gallon. Finally, Mythic Paint is a brand that does not sell any VOC paints. In the United States it can only be purchased over the internet, but it can be mailed to your door at no shipping. Mythic Paint costs about fifty dollars for each gallon.
These options will allow you to paint your home without having to worry about health hazards or contributing to environmental problems.
Wiki User
∙ 13y ago
Add your answer:
Earn +20 pts
What is voc paint?
VOC paint stands for volatile organic compounds. VOC are found in many paints and other products. VOC's emit gases from certain room temperature solids and liquids.
What is zero voc paint?
Zero VOC or NO VOC paint is a misnomer and only means very, very low levels of VOC's. Usually, paints marketed with these titles will have VOC's in the range of under 5 g/L. Even when adding in pigment at the paint store, which can add 2-5 g/L of VOC, the total VOC content for the mixed paint would be under 10 g/L .This low level of VOC content paint is as good as it's going to get from the larger paint companies.An example of a paint that meets this spec is Harmony® Paint by Sherwin-Williams.To get lower VOC content than this would require the use of more expensive and less readily available Non-Toxic or Natural Paints.By the way VOC stands for Volatile Organic Compound.h
Is paint harmful?
It depends on the levels of VOC.
Can paint fumes affect the health of a newborn baby?
YES. Paint fumes contains VOC (Volatile Organic Compounds) which causes health related problems. Particularly glycol ether. Avoid painting the house. Considering low VOC paints might be an option.
What paint can be used to paint cot?
Acrylic paint would be ok, and there are new paints called low or no VOC paints, which means Volatile Organic Compounds , the outgassing of smelly , toxic parts of paint.
Why does acrylic affect the environment?
Acrylic affects the envirment because acrylic is a chemical reaction that contains VOC. VOC (Volatile Organic Compounds) transfors into a greenhouse gas if acrylic is down the drain. Acrylic is in Latex Paint, and if people pour Latex paint down the drain, than VOC will transform into a greenhouse gas and affect the enviorment. Greenhouse gas contributes to global warming.
In what year did VOC Energy Trust - VOC - have its IPO?
VOC Energy Trust (VOC)had its IPO in 2011.
If you paint your bedroom low VOC and decide to wash your walls a bit too early ie less than a week laterdoes that mean that new toxins are being released?
It should be safe to wash the bedroom walls shortly after painting with low VOC. Toxins are not released from dried paint on walls.
What is the market cap for VOC Energy Trust VOC?
As of July 2014, the market cap for VOC Energy Trust (VOC) is $275,060,000.00.
Why does paint smell long after paint job was finished?
Well it really depends on the type of paint. See there are paints that are low VOC (low Volatile Organic Compounds) these are the ingredients that cause paint to smell. More oil based paints tend to off gas "stink" while the VOC compounds are curing, thus the long lasting smell. Low VOC pains tend not to smell so bad because of the formulation of the paint, less compounds that need to cure during the drying process.
Does odorless paint bond?
The term odorless on a paint can, does not mean to be without odor, it means it has less odor than other similar paints. There are a number of paints with low VOC (volatile organic compounds), the things in paint that can cause environmentally sensitive people to react badly. Check with your local paint retailer for the ones available in your area.
What is the symbol for VOC Energy Trust in the NYSE?
The symbol for VOC Energy Trust in the NYSE is: VOC.
