Monocoat: Natural hardwood oil finish and VOC-free

To get the hardwood color you desire without the Volatile Organic Compounds (VOC’s), look into Rubio Monocoat’s natural oil finish.  Currently it is available in 34 colors, with a choice of matte or satin.

Originating in Belgium, Monocoat’s natural oil finish has been used throughout the world in many applications for almost 45 years.  It has been applied to wood flooring, windows, furniture, decking, and siding.   Feel comfortable applying Monocoat throughout your home, in your kitchen and bathrooms, and even high-traffic areas, such as commercial settings.  Completely plant-based, it will protect your wood from coffee, ink, wine, milk, and soft drinks. 

Not only is it a beautiful product, but it needs only a simple single coat application with a pad.  A chemical reaction is produced, and the Monocoat’s natural oil finish bonds with the cellulose in the wood.  In fact, if you try and add more, the flooring will not accept the second coat.  Should your floor be damaged, simply apply Monocoat, and you will find it difficult to distinguish where the damage had previously been.

Monocoat’s natural finish is durable and will provide Read more

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PAINT & FINISHES: More color on Yolo Colorhouse zero VOC paints

GetWithGreen.com was able to connect up with Virginia Young of Yolo Colorhouse last month during an open house at Eco Home Improvement in Berkeley, CA.  Virginia spoke a lot about the paint market, and differentiating Yolo from other vendors in the marketplace.

What do we like about Yolo?  We like their background as a professional painters.  Both Virginia and her business partner Janie Lowe got their start by actually painting.  So what?  This means that they have taken into account important elements such as making sure their paint covers well – a criticism of some eco-friendly no VOC paints.   In addition, Yolo is one company that is doing more that branding a paint zero voc and “green”.  They are incorporating as much into their daily business practices as possible… recycling practices, bio diesel trucks, and more.

Check out Yolo Paints for your remodel.  If you don’t know what color would look good, Yolo offers 12″x24″ paper samples covered with paint for $5.99.  Much nicer than those 1″x1″ squares you pick up at Home Depot.  Much nicer than purchasing entire quarts, no likeing them, and letting them sit in your garage!

Lastly, GetWithGreen came across a nice little article on Star-Telegram.com.  Author Jesse Milligan gives some background on the company and Janie Lowe: Paint it green: You can put her colors on your walls.  Check it out!

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PAINT & FINISHES: Home Depot offers eco-friendly paint

Home Depot starts selling eco-friendlier paint in April.

ICI Paints and The Home Depot will launch an environmentally friendly paint nationwide in April 2008. The Freshaire Choice? Paint offers a paint free of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) and is backed by a lifetime guarantee and GREENGUARD certification. Featuring a custom color palette of 66 beautiful colors available through an innovative tinting system.   Additionally, the packaging, samples, color cards are made in some % with recycled materials.  At $35-38 a gallon, here is what Home Depot and ICI have to say about it (from their press release today)…

According to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the air inside a home is, on average, two-to-five-times more polluted than the air outside. As the emphasis of environmental concern shifts from outside to inside, paint is a large contributing factor to poor indoor air quality and can emit harmful chemicals, such as VOCs, for years after Read more

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