Is breathable paint just something to do with the environment? what are the disadvantages, where can i buy it?

Question

What are the advantages and disadvantages of using it apart from being almost double the price? is it particularly reccommended on listed buildings?who sells it? does it require activator etc? or should i just use normal paint and not bother? most of what I've read about it is to do with "carbon footprints" like my tin of paint is gonna destroy the world! surely nuclear testing, war and oversized vehicles etc is doing more damage than using normal paint? they've already messed up car paints by making them water based! are they doing the same thing with other paints now?? paint that huffs and puffs!!! it sounds crazy!!!!!

Answer 1

Check here:

http://www.amazon.com/gp/redirect.html?i...

You can find it.

Good luck!

Answer 2

Almost all interior paints these days are water-based latex emulsions. They're more forgiving for infrequent painters and are easier to clean up, and discarded rags don't have a chance of starting a fire. You'd be hard-pressed to find a large selection of oil-based interior paint other than primer at even the best-stocked home centre.

So you're really asking about the difference between regular latex and low-fume (or low-VOC) latex. Low-VOC latex is most popular with people who have screaming headaches from regular latex paint fumes. Someone with that problem can cut down the pain from three to four weeks to two days with low-VOC paints. That's worth the added price for me.

However, not all low-fume paints are alike. Some are simply paint with fewer VOCs, while others have added features that might justify the added expense to someone who doesn't get sick from paint fumes. Benjamin Moore's Aura tends to go on thicker and cover better (imagine going from white to dark red in two coats plus touch-ups without primer - I just did this), and apparently the molecular structure of the pigment particles is different than that of regular paint, so colours tend to be richer. I've noticed that the finished paint job is much more even than with other paints I've used - no brush marks. The paint also sticks much better to imperfect surfaces such as textured wallpaper and the like. I have never seen a paint job come out this well, and I've been painting for years. I suspect the paint job is going to last a lot longer than the last one; I used Behr and it began to look shoddy after two years, even though I prepped thoroughly.

The only disadvantages I've seen with Aura is that it tends to cause drips because it's so thick, and that it dries so quickly (within an hour at 21C) that sometimes it's hard to keep a wet edge. Otherwise I'd recommend it to anyone at any time: it really does perform up to its advertising, something rare these days.

Answer 3

it is something to do with the envioment but is costs more