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

By: Elvi

Elvi — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 21:15:59 +0000

I’ve painted my living room with Freshaire and when my daughter came to visit the same day she did not believe me that the room was painted only hours ago. The house did not smell and the paint covered perfectly. Matter of fact when my daughter moved into her new home, guess which paint she bought?
FRESHAIRE.

By: Mark

Mark — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 20:54:37 +0000

Freshaire is manufactured by Akzo-Nobel Paints- hardly a non-reputable company (manufacturer of Glidden, Ralph Lauren, Devoe, Fuller-OBrien). The warranty is the same as the warranty other companies offer- refund or replacement of the product. The color selection may be expanded in the near future. The characteristic of this product, as it is with many low-VOC products, is that it sets up very fast (no solvents or glycols) to extend drying.

By: Cat

Cat — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 01:10:48 +0000

I can’t sue for paint ..that I didn’t pay full price for..other than the pigment being added..it was a new can. I can understand the coverage issues another buyer experienced…I’ve had to go back several times ..and repaint where I thought I covered the 1st 2x. Oh well, I’m not sure I want to try with this company again..I don’t like painting multiple coats for a light to medium shade of color. I think buyers need to be aware and whatever the manufacturer says ..regarding warranty is such a pain in the arse. It’s not like the paint is widely used at home depot. I think I will try a more reputable brand..someone who has been around much longer and certainly can give more color options. I still love the color of the gray shade I chose. So far …no cracks or lifting…have to see how it holds up to the warmer months.

By: ILK

ILK — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 18:06:56 +0000

Painted my daughters room a very pretty blue, never had any problems with odor or coverage, I will within the next week be more paint for my back room. Some of these claims made are pretty serious, don’t understand why ther aren’t lawsuits if these claims are true. Like I said never had a problem.

By: Cat

Cat — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 19:31:27 +0000

I thought I would like the using this paint…and it has no odor issues whatsoever..so someone is just basically trying to steer customers to other vendors. My issue is I primed with a the no VOC primer and when it came to putting on the color…it was quick to get tacky..so for example: I’m rolling on color then I come up and roll next to i, now I do spread the paint out farther with each roll and at times going over the first roll. The paint was lifting OFF! I’ve never seen anything like it! In all my years of painting…I couldn’t get the color to stay on from the first roll. I’ve had 2 cans of this product and I’m thinking its a bad batch and something is missing? I did add just a 1/4 C. of water from the beginning and I found the paint better to spread but not in the drying process. So whatever is used to make it capable of doing another coat in 2-4 hrs..must have included more ingredient that it was suppose to. Needless to say, I made sure I used a lower nap on the semi smooth texture and just put it on in one direction…2-3 coats was required to get the expected result. Color is great ..and NO NO NO>..smell..I didn’t have to open a window but ..of course I did anyway. I would like to try the product again…but I’ll wait for the bad batch? to pass.

By: jeff

jeff — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 16:08:35 +0000

do you guys not know of pittsburg paints? Pure performance line 0 voc’s, first paint to get the green seal and was way before benjamin moore with the whole going green. great paint, you should def. try it

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 16:55:26 +0000

I have had the same problem with using paint that was suppose to be for hospitals. You know..non toxic..It was a nightmare!

By: jeff

jeff — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 19:07:53 +0000

Glad I read your comment. I am having the same issue with the paint odor. I am not a paint expert but after reading the ingredients one might ask is this truly latex paint. Usually top of list is the bulk ingredient from my understanding. So then might this be considered vinyl paint?

By: Adam

Adam — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 18:05:04 +0000

I find this very strange that there are 52 comments on a paint product yet more popular topics arent getting near that kind of attention/comments. There are alot of brand names getting tossed around here and blatent company reps. For anyone reading this becareful, I smell something fishy and its not the paint. I have used FAC and it was fine for me, of course I am not a Mythic rep so maybe that makes using it worse lol

By: Ginny

Ginny — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 22:46:47 +0000

After researching to find the safest and healthiest paint, we painted our bedroom with Freshaire Choice Paint over TWO MONTHS AGO and it is still uninhabitable. The odor was/is so horrible and strong that we had to seal the room off. We received a bad batch of paint and no one with Glidden cares– not even people at the top. The rep said that he would test the paint that we returned, but he never picked it up and nearly a month later it was destroyed. The Home Depot has done everything in their power to help us. They offered us Kilz, oil-based primer and Behr, primer/paint to apply over the smelly Freshaire paint, at no charge. It didn’t help –nothing helps…the odor damage is permanent. Experts advise that the walls and ceiling will have to be removed and replaced! What a nightmare!!
Would love to hear from anyone who also had a bad experience with Freshaire Choice Paint.