With all the action of painting, molding, and unpacking we wanted to give a shout out to our paint, Olympic Premium…woot! It might take a couple coats on the plaster walls, but it has no VOC and is Green Seal “Class A” Certified. With all of our projects around the house we are trying to do them as green as possible, on a budget since we are both dorky veg*n’s who care about the environment all on non-profit salaries.
What does that all mean?
“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. These new paints are durable, cost-effective and less harmful to human and environmental health.”
The Olympic Premium is zero-VOC, though there is some slight confusion wether the paint colorants (the color pigmant they add to create your shade) is zero-VOC as well. Either way the pain is zero to low VOC, made in the USA and about the same price as regular paint, which is handy to our non-profit wallets.
We bought our paint at Loews, it took us talking to two different people at the paint area (one said they did not carry low VOC paint), and a bit of investigation on our own to find out they carried enviromentally friendly (friendlier?) paint. From what we have read this is pretty common. Even though green living is a buzz word, many times the stores have no idea if they carry green products… so strange, especailly at the yuppy feeling Loews.
Both of us would highly recomend the paint, especailly for the budget conscience who can not fork out the big bucks for the fancier smaller brand green paints. Added bonus, Olympic has a zero-VOC primer too!
Links:
Olympic Premium Paint
Green Seal
