All You Need To Know About Environmentally Friendly Paints

Solvents from regular paints are escaping into the environment and I am sure we would all wish this could be avoided. Volatile Organic Compounds or VOCs are getting into the our surroundings. The risks with this are the problems of smog, the adverse effect on the ozone layer and concerns connected to global warming. Global warming issues mean that the public are trying to look for more alternatives in their choice of paints. During the '90s, when we saw the first Earth friendly paints, they didn't become popular.

As the public are now becoming aware of the environmental issues, will eco friendly paints become more popular? But, there's one more issue to deal with: the painting pros. The contradicting views mean that, based on some of these pros, paints with the volatile organic compounds are more superior. These professionals likewise maintain that these environmentally friendly paints also need additional coats to achieve the same finish as typical paints, and that they don't last as long. The paint industry needs to consider the health issues relating to VOCs, including breathing problems like asthma and that people are going for environmentally friendly paints.

Water based latex paints having binding qualities could be a way to overcome this issue. Since they're water based, it means that they're environmentally safe (there are no VOCs). Nonetheless, like just about everything, there is a downside: latex paints can't be used to paint on iron due to them being water based, which ends up making the iron rust much more quickly. Regardless of this downside, latex paints are becoming more and more popular with consumers.

How paint is manufactured and where it originates from, all defines if the paint is eco friendly. For example, something that has the ability to hide other paints is called Titanium Dioxide. Sulfuric acid is a by-product in the creation of Titanium Dioxide. How the acid is disposed of is environmentally damaging because the sea is its final stop.

Smog is caused by Titanium Dioxide reacting with the sun when used outdoors. Also, Titanium Dioxide has been connected to a carcinogen found to cause cancer in people. Although these worries are well-known Titanium Dioxide nevertheless continues to be widely used in paints.

Eco friendly paints can be expected to become widely used as we start to understand the damaging effects that normal paints have on our health and in our environment.