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How Picking a ‘Green’ Paint Isn’t Necessarily Less Harmful to The Earth!
“Green” isn’t simply a color, it’s a idea too. We all need to minimize our impact on the planet before we destroy it completely, and here is an alternate way we can help that you may not have thought of previously.
“Green” paints are fairly common for interiors, but not common for exteriors since strong odor is never an issue . The ordinary premium exterior products are all water based and 100 percent acrylic and low-no odor. Buying “green” paints doesn’t always reduce environmental impact of paint. Actually “green” paint can increase the impact on the environment when not used properly.
Make sure to do your research first when looking for green painting companies Minneapolis. When you want to reduce harm to the environment, i would not necessarily specify a “green” paint. Instead, I might focus on these four factors:
1. Preserving the substrate long term and minmizing maintenance. This saves the trees, causes less waste going to the garbage dump, reduces fuel usage by painting contractors and finally saves you money- this comes at the expense of more up front prep, more gallons of paint, higher priced paint and more labor. Selecting a carefully designed paint system and overall maintenance plan is far more Earth sensitive than starting over with a new Green authorized home.
There are way more VOC’s in the sealant that is used than in the majority of the paints we use. However, urethane sealants are better than acrylic’s by 400%, so this still reduces the overall impact in the long term by preserving your substrates.
2. Reducing waste: Measure how much paint is needed carefully and buy materials from a nearby paint store. It is commonly possible to under order and pick up an extra gallon if necessary. Dont purposefully over order additional paint, it too frequently gets wasted, freezes in the garage or does not match anyhow after fading.
Looking after your house regularly requires less labor and materials and reduces the amount of waste to be dumped. When a home isn’t maintained, one maintenance issues often contributes to another which causes the acceleration of rot. Not caulking causes the window to rot, which causes the insulation to get wet which in turn causes the siding and drywall to rot. All these items end up in a rubbish heap and must be cut down from forests in Washington, made on the other side of the country and then shipped out to yet one more State, all as the caulk wasn’t maintained.
3. Labor and fuel usage: Complete the painting job once very well. 2 coats would also be endorsed, as the second coat needs no more tape, poly, preparation, etc, but significantly increases the life of the painting. It needs only 25-40% more labor and materials, this implies less trips and less gallons.
For homes, we avoid special paints from distant locations. Having paint shipped in is dear and ineffective. Highly regarded paint from California or Ireland is almost never an environmentally sound choice if you live nowhere near there.
4. Recycling- Should be taken seriously. First, we always attempt to under order, so as not to have excess paint. Every gallon we purchase either ends up on your house or is recycled. Our oils and oil water mixes are utilized in making concrete. Our leftover acrylics are used to paint homes of native Americans in South Dakota. Ask your contractor what he does with the excess paint.
For most homes, I would recommend two coats of a 25 year 100% acrylic paint from a nation wide supplier who has a store in area. For more specialized projects such as metal coatings and decks, I will not make a blanket advice. Every project must be analyzed separately to ascertain what coating system will protect the structure best so as to keep the planet Green and not empty your wallet. Let your contractor know that you need to preserve your structure so as to have the least result on the environment.
Have a discussion on how the company makes an attempt to minimize impact and maximize longevity. Work with the contractor to choose what products and procedures will accomplish your goals best. We hope this helps in your search for environmentally friendly residential painting Minneapolis.
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