Modern oil-based paints, made with synthetic resins called alkyds, have less thinner and give off fewer odors and toxic fumes than their oil-based predecessors.
Still, thinner is an important part of alkyd paint. Since the thinner content of latex paint is always less than alkyd paint, there was a dramatic shift over the years to latex.
In fact, some oil-based paints are now restricted or illegal in some regions. The low solvent content of latex paints (a maximum of 8 percent) is reduced to zero in some cases. These paints are marked zero VOC (for zero cranky organic compounds).
While this is good news for the environment, zero VOC paint can be difficult to work with because it dries very quickly.
As a responsible consumer to the paint can be difficult. Unlike organic vegetables, there really is not an "organic" paint. Green Seal certification is not required tell you what your paint.
Regulatory agencies do not require paint companies to disclose all their ingredients. So how you as a consumer to make careful choices when you do not know what to be?
In the U.S., zero VOC is having the attention. (VOC refers to volatile Organic Compounds). What this means that every federal regulation, there is a reduction in the amount of materials from your paint dries it. This is a good thing for the environment, as it is known that substances react with nitrous oxides in the air to form ozone.
The EPA determined that the off-gassing from architectural coatings is estimated to account for about 9 percent of VOC emissions from all consumer and commercial products. Important to understand that using the test method EPA for VOCs, any paint VOCs less than 5 g / lo less is called a zero VOC paint so even labeled zero VOC may not actually true zero VOC.
The colorant is often added to these paints are VOCs, meaning that the paint can do at home can not be zero-VOC, even if the basis is.
The lesson is not sufficient to consider only VOCs when the paint buying decisions. The environmental footprint of a zero VOC paint can include all kinds of material made by a person to control the flow of, skinning, repairs, etc., that eventually will not support a vision of sustainability and good for the environment.
There is zero VOC paints available that use only simple ingredients like clay, marble, titanium dioxide, soy resin, a phosphate salt, cellulose, mineral colors, with little amount of dispersing aids and preservatives.
So do a little homework first and find a real environment friendly paint with some very large companies out there.
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