Paints that are good for you-
Fortunately for you family, and your walls, a number of low-VOC (volatile organic compounds) and zero-VOC paints are now available from paint companies large and small. These paints tend to have minimal price, performance, and aesthetic difference from “normal” paints yet are far friendlier to both you and your environment.
Pristine EcoSpec – By Benjamin Moore
Pristine EcoSpec is Benjamin Moore’s greenest product. Available in semi-gloss, interior latex eggshell enamel, or interior latex flat finishes, it contains less than ten grams of VOCs per liter( to qualify for low VOC a paint must have less than 200 grams per liter.
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Harmony- By Sherwin Williams
Paints with less than half a gram of VOCs per liter, such as this one qualify as zero VOC according to the EPA’s standards. Harmony’s primer, flat, eggshell and semi-gloss variations are almost odorless and dry overnight.
BioShield Paint - By EcoDesign
With only 50 color variations these solvent free wall paints and oil enamel paints, are all concocted from such things as citrus peel extracts, seed oils, tree resins, beeswax and natural pigments. The cost of these is slightly higher.
Milk Paint- Old Fashioned Milk Paint Company
Technically, it’s a combination of milk protein and lime, plus mineral pigments. It’s a timeless formula that this company has been churning out for 30 years(think Quakers).