Low Voc Paint

Low voc or zero voc paints typically contain voc content of less than 5 grams per liter.

Low voc paint.

Get free shipping on qualified low voc or buy online pick up in store today in the paint department. Latex paint which has lower voc levels and is generally more environmentally friendly than oil based paints uses water based solvents. There s are no standards that define what low means so the labels are arbitrary at best. The current standard for a paint to be labeled low voc requires that it have fewer than 250 g l.

Image insert place holder solvents tend to be either oil based high voc content or water based low or no voc content. There are also completely natural paints such as milk paint or chalk paint that carry no vocs. Ultra low voc products have voc content that s below 50 g l. Paints labeled zero voc may actually contain a small amount of vocs usually fewer than 5 grams per liter.

Volatile organic compounds vocs are organic chemicals that have a high vapor pressure at ordinary room temperature their high vapor pressure results from a low boiling point which causes large numbers of molecules to evaporate or sublimate from the liquid or solid form of the compound and enter the surrounding air a trait known as volatility for example formaldehyde which evaporates from. Low voc products typically have little or no odor. Most low voc paints are latex based. It s important to remember that when it says low it s only in comparison to some other paints.

Zero voc paints have to meet a less than 5 g l requirement. In the chemical industry low voc is used to describe a product with voc content at or below 150 g l. Common oil based solvents include white spirit formaldehyde and toluene along with a variety of other alcohols ketones acetates. Behr premium plus enamel low luster.

Today 100 of our interior and exterior water based broad wall paints are low or zero voc and nearly all our interior wall paints are greenguard gold certified. No and low voc interior and exterior paints can work just as well as paint with higher vocs if proper surface prep is completed surfaces should be clean dry dull and sound and you re using the right paint for the job says watson.