Smart Lighting Solves Anguished Paint Decisions
New technology allows you to select from 16 million light colors, to fine tune your wall paint to...
Posts about finishes
Notable Dry Erase Paint Adds Extreme Durability to the Wall Surfacing Mix
You might not think of a two- epoxy paint as “green,” but it boasts durability (and purpose) far...
Low VOC Paints, Stains and Finishes
Paints, stains and finishes protect materials and add beauty to building exteriors. Here’s a guide...
Survey: Most Consumers Care About Indoor Air Quality, But Not About VOCs
Latest national survey by the Shelton Group finds a major knowledge gap in how the public perceives...
Survey: Americans—Especially Women—are Baffled by Terms Such as Low-VOC, Recyclable and Net Zero
The survey finds that most people don't understand terms such as "low-VOC" and "net-zero." And when...
Better Air Quality For Your Home
Make sure your home has the highest quality of air by keeping an eye on a few issues. Our homes...
Indoor Air Quality: An Inside Job
Tighter envelopes are trapping polluted air inside homes. Fortunately, there are several sure-fire...
Managing Air Flow—and Materials
Controlling the flow of air in and out of the home has a huge impact on indoor air quality, but...
How Long Do the Parts of a House Last?
A FEW YEARS BACK, I wrote an article called "Building Blind," that exposed some major flaws in the...
Paint: No VOCs Are Good VOCs
Clean Finish Behr's zero-VOC paint shows how far no-VOC chemistry has come. No-VOC doesn't equate...
Finishes: What's on the Surface Counts
Make sourcing paints and adhesives with no VOCs top priority, but don’t forget about proper...