Industrial Painting Companies typically provide eco-friendly options and noneco-friendly paint options. In the latter case, this is just regular good old-fashioned paint. The differences are marginal. It really comes down to one very pressing reality about eco-friendly paints. Some are economical, and some are not. All other differences are marginal and exaggerated.
This begs the question of why all Industrial Painting Companies don’t use eco-friendly paints. The truth has a lot to do with consumer perception. Many consumers believe that the term ‘eco-friendly” implies a lower quality. This is a general myth perpetuated by big companies who have a lot to lose if everything was eco-friendly.
Eco-friendly paint means the paint lacks VOC’s. VOC’s, in short, are organic compounds and chemicals that are released in the air when paint is applied. This is why it is not recommended to smell fresh paint, and why professional painters use masks and children are whisked away from the presence of fresh paint.
The VOC’s damage the air. They are unsafe to people that breathe them in. In all, traditional paint should be a thing of the past- a relic of a time where society had fewer resources and less knowledge.
Unfortunately, traditional paint sticks around due to myths and systems. People want to work with what they are familiar with. The quality of low VOC paint is the same as traditional paint.
There are companies that offer traditional paint in massive volumes. These same companies do not want people to generally know that VOC paint is just as effective because they will then have to change their systems and their products. They may have to admit that their products just aren’t all that healthy. It is worth saying that traditional paint is obviously effective, and has its uses, but it is typically better to go eco-friendly when one has the opportunity.
Visit website for a detailed assessment of what low VOC means, and how that compares to no VOC. Society is at the cusp of a major change in what it means to be eco-friendly. In time, eco-friendly paints will be the standard. There is no good reason why they shouldn’t be already.
