Browse Forums Interior Decorating Lounge 1 Aug 16, 2010 9:00 pm Hi everyone I just posted on my blog about our journey to find low VOC paints. Thought some of you might be interested: http://buildingour9starhome.blogspot.com/2010/08/paint.html Cheers e. Re: Low VOC paints 2Aug 16, 2010 10:32 pm Good stuff Elizabeth Personally I have no qualms painting with regular paint from the major AU manufactuers However I also am a firm believer of GOOD ventilation in a home, this will remove VOCs effectively So every opportunity to AIR out the building/house is a MUST but the info you have supplied and your journey into finding something to meet that criteria will be a great bit of help to others but there are also many other things in your home that will emit VOC's not just paint I went outside once. The graphics were alright, but the gameplay sucked! Settlement:22nd June Slab:27th August Frame:16th Sept Bricked:21st Oct Roof:24th Nov Linings HANDOVER23rd March! Re: Low VOC paints 3Aug 17, 2010 6:56 pm Thanks for your post Mecha. If we could have found what we needed locally, we might have made a different decision. But then again, I do like the idea of my bucks going to a company that only makes E0 products. My partner and I did have a chuckle - because we don't speak Italian and don't have contacts over there, we have no way of knowing whether we have bought off the Italian equivalent of Wattyl. With you on the other VOC offenders: we are having a very low VOC kitchen, as low VOC carpets as we can find (and only in two rooms), no plastics on light fittings, and Marmoleum on the upstairs floor. All fans ducted to outside. Oh, and blinds not curtains. Wardrobes from Ikea, so E1 but better than the alternatives. I think we are going to recover our old couch rather than buy a new one, although if I could find a new one that was E0 and comfy and under $2000, I'd buy it in a minute. And most of all, we're ready for new mattresses (ours have been trampolined beyond everyone's comfort zone) so will buy latex ones complete with pillows and have them delivered straight to the new house. The rental place we are in now is a cesspit of mould and dust, through no fault of ours. I want to leave the spoors behind! Trouble spots: we want wallpaper in a few spots, and the options for low VOC are so fugly they aren't worth the effort of sticking to a wall. And I can't seem to get a clear answer on house plants - some researchers say they clean the air, others say that potting mix and damp are inherently evil. My compromise at the moment is to have a few, but not a whole conservatory full. But despite all this, as you say Mecha, it's still no good if you don't open the windows. With no aircon, I reckon we'll be opening up a lot in the warmer months. Will just have to bite the bullet some wintery days though. Cheers e. Re: Low VOC paints 4Aug 18, 2010 8:57 am Really good to hear you have looked at this issue holistically and not just the paint causing the VOC's The indoor plants is a hard one as the soils contain fungi and bacteria which may release some VOCs but the plants do clean the air too but if you do air the house out and let it breathe it should be fine I went outside once. The graphics were alright, but the gameplay sucked! Settlement:22nd June Slab:27th August Frame:16th Sept Bricked:21st Oct Roof:24th Nov Linings HANDOVER23rd March! The yellowing mainly occurs to white or very light colours. 1 2942 4 6201 If you can calculate the reasonable charged head from let's say 100mm below the gutter to the top of where the vertical riser's horizontal discharge pipe will be, that… 11 17530 |