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- Daughters: Ages 10 & 3
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- Using VOC paints
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Has anyone begun repainting their houses using a VOC (volatile organic compound) paint?
Repainting at least one room using low VOC paint, which does not release harmful toxins into the air as conventional paint does can help reduce your carbon footprint.
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- kayceecat - August 29, 2009
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I had never heard of this kind of paint before you told us about it. Does it have any kind of an odor? My son's asthma reacts to the smell of paint and every time we paint downstairs he has to sleep upstairs while we air out the odor.
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- FamilyHost_Kristina - August 30, 2009
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I had never heard of this kind of paint before you told us about it. Does it have any kind of an odor? My son's asthma reacts to the smell of paint and every time we paint downstairs he has to sleep upstairs while we air out the odor.
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What it was meant to say was VOC low or free paints. Paints and finishes release low level toxic emissions into the air for years after application. So it is beneficial not only for the earth but your family's health to begin using VOC free or low paints.
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- BroncosDad - September 01, 2009
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What it was meant to say was VOC low or free paints. Paints and finishes release low level toxic emissions into the air for years after application. So it is beneficial not only for the earth but your family's health to begin using VOC free or low paints.
- By FamilyHost_Kristina
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I'm wondering about comparisons in quality, longevity, and cost with regular latex paints.
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- Helen-NotofTroy - September 02, 2009
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Is that like the Arm & Hammer paint I'm seeing advertised on television? It seems like a really intriguing idea but I do have to wonder how it would wear long-term.
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- FamilyHost_Kristina - September 02, 2009
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Is that like the Arm & Hammer paint I'm seeing advertised on television? It seems like a really intriguing idea but I do have to wonder how it would wear long-term.
- By Helen-NotofTroy
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It is said to have the same longevity without most of the ill effects that tradition home paints have.
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- kayceecat - September 02, 2009
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What it was meant to say was VOC low or free paints. Paints and finishes release low level toxic emissions into the air for years after application. So it is beneficial not only for the earth but your family's health to begin using VOC free or low paints.
- By FamilyHost_Kristina
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I am definitely going to have to check these paints out. Thanks!
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