Low/No VOC paint
Does anyone know a store in manhattan or brooklyn to buy low or no VOC paint. I’ve found some dealers online, but so far no stores that carry it. (Lowes carries a company with 4 bland color options and that’s it). I know there has to be more out there…
Does anyone know a store in manhattan or brooklyn to buy low or no VOC paint.
I’ve found some dealers online, but so far no stores that carry it. (Lowes carries a company with 4 bland color options and that’s it).
I know there has to be more out there…
I recently bought YOLO Colorhouse paint at The Green Depot. I painted my kitchen Grain .02 and my bathroom Water .05. I LOVE IT!
Ms. Green-Clean (www.msgreenclean.com/ecopainting.html) now offers low- and zero-voc home painting.
This may be of topic, maybe not.
Has anyone tried using American Clay Plaster. It is also no VOC.
http://www.americanclay.com/index.html
It is sold at Bettencourt in BKLN.
The eco-friendliness of it looks fantastic but in addition the color and texture looks very nice and would work well in an old brownstone. Perhaps instead of a wall paper.
Anyone used this product?
I used Aura in my living room (I think it was closer to $60 a gallon if memory serves) and aside from its causing no lightheadedness it only took one coat and looks great so it was definitely worth it IMO.
Go to Lowes , their Olympic Paint is an interior latex paint with zero VOC ( see the label on the can). The price is about the same as standard mid to high end paint, It can be purchased & mixed in quarts for small jobs. It comes in a LOT of colors too. Probably not as good B.M. Aura, etc but a very good option.
Here’s a super quick rundown from the web:
Volatile organic compounds (VOCs) are organic chemical compounds that have high enough vapor pressures under normal conditions to significantly vaporize and enter the atmosphere.
Paints and finishes release low level toxic emissions into the air for years after application. The source of these toxins is a variety of VOC’s (Volatile Organic Compounds) which, until recently, were essential to the performance of the paint.
New environmental regulations, and consumer demand, have led to the development of low-VOC and zero-VOC paints and finishes. Most paint manufacturers now produce one or more non-VOC variety of paint.
Anyone want to give the rest of us a quick rundown of the advantages of this stuff? Is the benefit in the application faze or is normal paint killing me/the earth long after I’m done painting?
Two green building supply places, both in Brooklyn:
http://www.bettencourtwood.com
http://greendepot.com
Janovic on Church St. near City Hall sells Aura.