Green Paint, Many Times Over

MARY MARY QUITE CONTRARY

HOW “GREEN” IS OUR PAINT…?

…YOU SHOULD KNOW!

I have been thinking about paint (go figure… I own a paint store) and what makes some paints “greener” or more environmentally-friendly than others.

Well it seems paints that claim to be green are environmentally-friendly for a number of reasons. First, a paint might be considered green because it is made from recycled materials, like our paint is. Secondly, a paint might have specific properties that make its impact on the environment low. For example –and you’ve probably heard this term thrown around in some of the bigger paint stores in town –a paint might have a zero or low VOC (volatile organic compound) content. What is VOC? – It’s the bad stuff you don’t want to go pouring down your sink if you can help it.

Confused? Let me explain …

Because the paint we use to make our paint has already been exposed to air and/or has been sitting around for a while, chances are it has already given off or lost some of its VOCss. Make sense? Although we can’t make any specific claims with respect to our paint until we have it properly tested, our paint should in theory have a very low voc content based on the mere fact that it is recycled paint.

Furthermore, because we don’t add anything to our paint (this is what makes it 100% recycled) like a colorant/tint or the likes, which contain and contribute to, the VOC content of a paint, our paint likely has an even lower VOC content than tinted paints.

Which makes us green a couple of times over.

To find out more about VOC content in paint go to http://www.eartheasy.com/live_nontoxic_paints.htm

Turns out our paint is even greener than we thought!!! Go figure that one Mary!