It took a while, but almost every paint manufacturer has some low or zero VOC paint. The problem starts as soon as universal colourants are added, the low VOC content of the paint becomes history.
New Benjamin Moore paint lines are now using their new waterbourne colourant system. When you add colour, even a lot of colour, in their low or zero VOC paint, the VOC level of the paint doesn’t change much. The Natura paint from Benjamin Moore has other reasons to be considered very eco-friendly, read our interview with a Benjamin Moore representative.
How does Natura perform? Our Oshawa Painters put the paint to the test. The customer was very environmentally aware and using Natura to paint the entire house made sense. We ended up using both Mat and Eggshell Natura and the feedback received from the painters was very positive. The paint was easy to work with and hiding was excellent, even with the bright red colour shown in the picture.
The painters and the customers were happy that there was hardly any smell of paint, even with the red colours. That is a first for us with any manufacturer’s paint we used. The conclusion is that Natura works as promised and will become our residential paint of choice.