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Paint

Freshaire Choice: A Zero-VOC Paint To Be Sold At Home Depot

March 2, 2008

Wow, this is a truly non-toxic paint, and it’s going to be sold exclusively at Home Depot. It’s called Freshaire Choice, and it’s a zero VOC paint. According to the EPA, the air inside a home is, on average, two-to-five-times more polluted than the air outside. Paint is a large contributing factor to poor indoor [...]

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A Paint Stripper Made From Corn

February 27, 2006

Conventional paint strippers are usually very toxic substances that you’d be better off not bringing into your home. But one company, Green Products, has created a bio-based paint stripper and solvent called aMAIZEing.

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Eco-House: Non-Toxic Products for Artists

August 4, 2005

Eco-House makes a range of non-toxic products for painters. No longer will they have to suffer from inhaling dire substances! Eco-House offers solvents, thinners and finishes. They have a turpentine substitute which combines the solving action of orange peel oil with highly purified mineral oils. By contrast, petroleum-based solvents have toxic aromatic and chlorinated hydrocarbons, [...]

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SafeCoat: Non-Toxic Paint

March 1, 2005

Why does almost all of the paint sold in the U.S. contain toxic ingredients? Because chemicals (such as formaldehyde and acetone) are cheap. The resources needed to study the long-term effects of the thousands of chemicals contained in paints, stains, and varnishes would be immense. The . Other non-toxic ingredient could be used — but [...]

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Agalia: Plant-Based Paints

March 1, 2005

Agalia Paints are plant-based paints produced by the Germany company Beeck’sche Farbwerke. All Agalia products are 100% natural. They are made with unique combinations of plant oil and minerals. Here is a full list of ingredients (PDF file) used in their paints.
They also produce wood finishes called Aquasol. The finishes are an alternative to solvent-based [...]

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Metaefficient Wood Stains

February 7, 2005

Napier Environmental is a company in British Columbia that sells non-toxic wood stains that replace the hazardous products widely used to treat wood today.
An example of one of their products is Natural Desk Oil, a waterborne blend of natural oils designed to penetrate deep into wood, and protect it like the true oils found in [...]

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American Clay: Natural Earth Plasters

August 5, 2004

American Clay natural interior plasters resist mold growth, do not outgas, are easily repaired, and are available in twelve earth inspired colors. Here is an article explaining the advantages of earth plasters.
Available from: American Clay

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Eco-Effective: Mineral Silicate Paints

August 3, 2004

Mineral silicate paints are non-toxic, odorless, vapor-permeable, naturally resistant to fungi and algae, non-combustible, light-reflective, resistant to acid rain, and extremely durable.

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Milk (Casein) Paint

July 28, 2004

This is the perfect paint for people who love the dappled,
richly textured look of old plaster but find themselves surrounded instead
by flat drywall.
It is sold as a powder, made according to a recipe that’s been around
since the time of the ancient Egyptians. As you need it, you mix it with
water and ochres
and oxides color pigments. [...]

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Lime Paint

July 28, 2004

This paint is made from natural ingredients and does not
contain acrylics or other plastics. The lime in it is slaked, meaning it
cures by reacting with oxygen in the air. Other ingredients include a type
of clay, marble dust, a natural glue and water.
This paint works on all wall surfaces, from wood to drywall to masonry.
It [...]

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