Thought I was going to have trouble finding "proper paints", but toolstation have a range of "Flag" paints of solvent / resin type. Look like the traditional stuff. 1 and 2.5 litre tins. They say "high VOC".
What exactly is restricted and how ?
Cheers,
Simon.

On Sun, 03 Jul 2011 09:15:59 +0100, sm_jamieson
wrote:

Thought I was going to have trouble finding "proper paints", but
toolstation have a range of "Flag" paints of solvent / resin type. Look
like the traditional stuff. 1 and 2.5 litre tins. They say "high VOC".
What exactly is restricted and how ?
Cheers,
Simon.

Talking to the tech support at Johnstone's the other week, they were
saying something like this:

The VOC levels even in high VOC paints have been reduced.
Current high VOC paints are in some ways more like water-based paints than
"traditional" paints.
The differences between high VOC and water-based still exist but have
reduced considerably over the years.
Water-based still tend not to yellow but do lose surface. High VOC still
tend to yellow.

Rod

On 03/07/2011 09:51, polygonum wrote:
On Sun, 03 Jul 2011 09:15:59 +0100, sm_jamieson
wrote:

Thought I was going to have trouble finding "proper paints", but
toolstation have a range of "Flag" paints of solvent / resin type.
Look like the traditional stuff. 1 and 2.5 litre tins. They say "high
VOC".
What exactly is restricted and how ?
Cheers,
Simon.

Talking to the tech support at Johnstone's the other week, they were
saying something like this:

The VOC levels even in high VOC paints have been reduced.
Current high VOC paints are in some ways more like water-based paints
than "traditional" paints.
The differences between high VOC and water-based still exist but have
reduced considerably over the years.
Water-based still tend not to yellow but do lose surface. High VOC still
tend to yellow.

Rod

Bloody water based paint in our second toilet has yellowed very badly
after around 2-1/2 years - despite there being no natural light at all
in there and the lights only being on for less than half an hour a day.
Even the door is shut virtually all the time.

SteveW

On Mon, 04 Jul 2011 18:56:36 +0100
Steve Walker wrote:

On 03/07/2011 09:51, polygonum wrote:
On Sun, 03 Jul 2011 09:15:59 +0100, sm_jamieson
wrote:

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Bloody water based paint in our second toilet has yellowed very badly
after around 2-1/2 years - despite there being no natural light at
all in there and the lights only being on for less than half an hour
a day. Even the door is shut virtually all the time.

That's chemical yellowing then, not light. And I'm not talking about
childish pranks either. Most likely it's toilet cleaner fumes.

IANACE (I am not a chemist either)

R.