Paint Basics – YOLO Colorhouse In very basic terms, paint is made of 3 things: pigment, binder, and water. When we say pigment, we are really talking about titanium dioxide, or other minerals that are added to paint to make it whiter. The less titanium dioxide that is added to the paint base, the more saturated the color the paint can become. The binder is what makes paint stick to the wall and binds the pigment, it is also called resin. Water is what allows the paint to go on as a wet solution, as the water evaporates, the paint creates a dry film of color on your wall. Latex paint is an umbrella term for water based paint that can use one or a combination of 3 resin types – Acrylic, PVA, and VAE. YOLO Colorhouse uses zero VOC binders in all our paint products. No reproductive toxinsNo mutagensNo hazardous air pollutantsNo ozone depleting compoundsNo formaldehydeNo phthalatesNo VOCs
Green Paper Company - Stylish and Environmentally Conscious Stationery. DuraSoy One Bio-Based Paint DuraSoy One contains over 62% solids which is 2-3 times more than competitive latex paints. That means you achieve up to 300% more film build (dry mils) over the same surface area or achieve higher spread rates in volume comparison. The thick smooth consistency acts like an oil based paint. With very little water content, you are able to reach a desirable mil thickness for a true one coat hide without having your paint drip off the roller or run down the wall. Instead of painting on water that evaporates and leaves little film build, a high quality thicker film build will provide much more wearability than traditional paint. Water & Stain Resistance: DuraSoy One, unlike conventional paint technology actually penetrates, bonds and seals within the substrate and leaves a durable water repellent satin finish. Just having low or no V.O.C. and low odor is simply not enough to be truly "green" We go a step further by our actual chemical content.
good karma organics Green Products, Green Building Materials | Green Depot Green Depot is the nation's leading supplier of environmentally friendly building and lifestyle products, services and home solutions. Our mission is to make green building products readily accessible to homeowners and builders so that sustainable practices can easily be adopted into standard construction operations. We utilize a sophisticated, proprietary Green Filter that focuses on Conservation, Local Resources, Energy Efficiency, Air Quality and Corporate Responsibility to show what makes our products sustainable. We provide materials for projects big and small across the country - from single family homes to corporate headquarters for companies like Amazon in Seattle and Bank of America in New York. Green Depot has an active ecommerce site, 11 stores including New York, Seattle and Portland, and 20 distribution warehouses across the country. We are an FSC (Forestry Stewardship Council) certified carrier with Chain of Custody certification.
KAIGHT NYC NAD rules on Valspar's challenge to Mythic Paint Since being launched in 2001 by Southern Diversified Products, Mythic Paint has highlighted the eco-friendliness of its finishes in ads, on packaging, and in marketing materials. The slogan "Safe for People, Safe for Pets, Safe for Earth" appears on its paint cans, and the company's Web site features the statement that "Mythic Paint is a non-toxic, ultra low odor paint that provides the durability and coverage you expect from a premium paint without the off-gassing VOC's and cancer-causing toxins that emit years after drying." Following a challenge brought by paint maker Valspar, the National Advertising Division of the Council of Better Business Bureaus found (PDF) that Mythic provided a reasonable basis for those safety and ingredient claims. This recommendation echoes some key findings from our March 2009 report on interior paints. The NAD expressed concern over Mythic's claims about higher-VOC paints made by other manufacturers.
Growing Up Green Want to wreck the environment? Have a baby. Each bundle of joy gobbles up more of the planet's food, clogs garbage dumps with diapers, churns through plastic toys and winds up a gas-guzzling, resource-consuming grown-up like the rest of us. Still, babies are awfully cute. Given that most people still intend to procreate, what's an environmentally conscious parent to do? Today's green-minded families go far beyond eco-consumerism--the buying of organic baby goodies like mohair-filled crib mattresses, flame-retardant-free pajamas and fair-trade toys. It turns out that the act of having kids triggers many to go green. True eco-parenting extends beyond the kitchen compost. Naturally, a host of new books and services have sprouted to guide the eco-parent. Admittedly, this emphasis on raising kids green can make some parents reel. Paul is the author of Parenting, Inc.
About Us | Green Home Experts The Queen Bee Maria Onesto Moran is the Queen Bee at Green Home Experts. She is married to her high school sweetheart. Together they are raising two eco-fabulous sons and two pitbulls. She graduated from DePaul University with a degree in Sociology. Her green building experience took root with a marketing and fundraising job for Lakefront Supportive Housing, now known as Mercy Housing Lakefront. Maria has received Green Tech U certifications from the City of Chicago’s Center for Green Technology. Locally, Maria coordinates the Village of Oak Park's annual Earth Fest celebration. Follow her musings at GreenBlog. The Hive Green Home Experts is the only company of its kind in the Midwest. Build Green: Remodeling and new construction mean big decisions for any homeowner. Live Green: Creating a healthy, non-toxic home is easy at Green Home Experts. Garden Center: Grow your garden green with our extensive supply of organic, natural and non-toxic garden supplies. Sustainability Policy
Greed In the Name Of Green Congregation of the Church of the Holy Organic, let us buy. Let us buy Anna Sova Luxury Organics Turkish towels, 900 grams per square meter, $58 apiece. Let us buy the eco-friendly 600-thread-count bed sheets, milled in Switzerland with U.S. cotton, $570 for queen-size. Let us purge our closets of those sinful synthetics, purify ourselves in the flame of the soy candle at the altar of the immaculate Earth Weave rug, and let us buy, buy, buy until we are whipped into a beatific froth of free-range fulfillment. And let us never consider the other organic option -- not buying -- because the new green consumer wants to consume, to be more celadon than emerald, in the right color family but muted, without all the hand-me-down baby clothes and out-of-date carpet. There was a time, and it was pre-Al Gore, when buying organic meant eggs and tomatoes, Whole Foods and farmer's markets. Green is the new black, carbon is the new kryptonite, blah blah blah. Consuming until you're squeaky green.
Interior Paints: Which low VOC paint is best? Our new tests reveal surprises about what paint makers claim and what you get Green is hot for paint companies, and we're not talking about color. "Good for your family, better for our world," proclaims the Freshaire Choice label. "0% Toxic. 100% Smart," Mythic Paint says. "An ideal choice for rooms such as nurseries," Sherwin-Williams suggests. Allowable levels of VOCs, or volatile organic compounds, for paints and products such as aerosol air fresheners, carpets, and furniture have been toughened because VOCs contribute to ozone and smog formation and are linked to respiratory illnesses and memory impairment. So we shook things up in this report on water-based interior paints by measuring the VOC content of finishes that makers maintain have no VOCs and several high scorers that are marketed with no special claims. We also made another big change in our tests. Focus on VOCs Federal VOC limits are now set at 250 grams per liter (g/l) for flat paints and 380 g/l for others.
ChildTrek Learning Toys - Natural Toys, Unique Wooden Baby, Toddler & Children's Toys 10 Easy Pieces: Eco-Friendly Paints Older 10 Easy Pieces: Eco-Friendly Paints by Janet Hall Issue 3 · Paints & Patterns · January 22, 2014 Newer Issue 3 · Paints & Patterns · January 22, 2014 Share on email No longer does "going green" mean a sacrifice in paint or color quality. The eco-friendly paint market has grown and evolved: the paints we feature here perform like premium conventional paints (offering good coverage, vibrant colors, durability, and longevity) but without harmful odors, chemicals, or added solvents. Most of the brands featured offer large painted color cards and/or small sample pots, a low-waste way to test the color in your space. Above: Several years ago Farrow & Ball moved its paint to a water-based formula, significantly reducing the solvents in its products to low and zero VOC. Above: C2 LoVo Paint is a premium, non-toxic, low-VOC paint with infinite color options. Above: Portland, Oregon-based Yolo Colorhouse offers premium no-VOC interior and exterior paints with a user-friendly color palette.
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