Envirolite Zero VOC Paint.

Envirolite Zero VOC Environmentally-Friendly Paint.

Midas Paints Tygervalley has undertaken to reduce the effect that our coatings have on both indoor and outdoor air quality. We have done this by reducing the VOC (Volatile Organic Compounds) content of our paint – now available to consumers as ENVIROLITE PAINT.

WHAT ARE VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS VOC?

VOCs are those compounds that give off that fresh paint smell. The odour is caused by VOCs off-gassing into the air, which can be irritating to the eyes, nose and throat and possibly harmful in other ways. VOCs contribute to poor air quality. Envirolite Zero VOC Paint helps you to choose paint with less – or Zero – VOCs.

Envirolite Zero VOC Paint is leading the paint industry in reducing VOC – and because Midas has sourced better raw materials at better prices, ENVIROLITE 0 VOC topcoats don’t cost any more than conventional paint. Midas Paints adopts the EU standard which defines a Volatile Organic Compound as any carbon-based substance with a boiling point of 250º C.

ANY COLOUR CAN BE ZERO VOC

Most manufacturers only stipulate the VOC content of their white paint. Adding colourants often substantially increases the VOC content of paint because most conventional colourants contain Glycol, which is considered to be 100% VOC. For this reason, it should always be ascertained whether the VOC stated is for white or colour-tinted products. Within the Freeworld group, we have access to colourants that are not only Glycol, APEO, Formaldehyde and Lead-FREE but are also certified Zero VOC and therefore do not add to the VOC content of a tin of paint, once it has been tinted.

 

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What’s in a tin of Zero VOC Paint?

Every coating in the ENVIROLITE range is rated according to its VOC (Volatile Organic Compounds) content, based both on international standards and our own stringent standards. All Envirolite topcoats are Zero VOC.

GOOD, BETTER, BEST: HOW DO ENVIROLITE PAINTS STACK UP?

ZERO VOC NO GLYCOL, APEO OR FORMALDEHYDE

… 190, 200 & 225 (MATT)

… 230 (SATIN)

… 240 (LOW SHEEN)

… WATER-BASED SATIN-GLOSS ENAMEL

MIN VOC NO GLYCOL, APEO OR FORMALDEHYDE

… METAL PRIMER

… WOOD PRIMER

LOW VOC NO GLYCOL, APEO OR FORMALDEHYDE

… WATER-BASED MASONRY PRIMER

MED VOC …

FRESCO

EVERY TIN OF ENVIROLITE 0 VOC PAINT IS CLEARLY MARKED, INDICATING ITS VOC CONTENT

*VOCs theoretically determined

Where can I buy Envirolite Zero VOC Environmentally-Friendly Paint?

Midas Paints Tygervalley 021 910 0134
64-70 Edward Street, Tygervalley, Bo Oakdale, Cape Town, 7530.
4J8P+H2 Bellville, Cape Town
-33.883575, 18.635055

Midas Paints Strand Somerset West 021 851 0913
7 Henry Vos Cl, Asla Park, Cape Town, 7140
VVV4+R9 Strand, Cape Town

Midas Pains Paarl 021 879 5095
41 Main Rd, Paarl, Cape Town, 7646
6XM6+W9 Paarl

Envirolite Zero VOC Environmentally-Friendly Paint

Envirolite Zero VOC Paint

NO GLYCOL, APEO OR FORMALDEHYDE Besides having reduced or Zero VOCs, many of the Envirolite products have also been reformulated without these potentially hazardous chemical ingredients that are conventionally used as drying time retarders, preservatives and stabilisers.

NO LEAD: Lead is a thing of the past – there is no lead in any Midas paint products.

A ‘GREEN STAR’ PRODUCT: The Green Building Council of SA states that for internal walls to qualify for a “Green Star” rating, coatings should have 16g VOC per litre – or less. (For ceilings, it’s 14g per litre.) The EU directive for 2010 puts this figure at 30g VOC per litre. In South Africa, we’re already way ahead of international standards.

Midas ENVIROLITE PAINT has taken things a step further, achieving Zero VOC with certain water-based topcoats. (By Zero VOC, we mean less than 1 gram of VOCs per litre. In other words, virtually negligible VOCs.)

ENVIROLITE is able to maintain its low VOC content by making use of Glycol-free colourants, which helps to significantly reduce the possible health hazards of paint.

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