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Anyone have any experience with low or no VOC paints?

TheCatWoman

I need to do quite a bit of decorating, and one of the rooms desperate for a make over is my bedroom. I don't want to wake up wheezy and with a headache and for all my food to taste of paint for the next week until the smell wears off.

Has any used low VOC paint, what was the coverage and finish like, what brands did you use?

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  • I think even water based - can smell for a few days.  I have a very strong sense of smell!

    I wouldn not be able to paint gloss with lots of solvents - so I've switched to Johnstone's Aqua Guard Satin which is water-based, and to help bond onto the gloss I use Zinsser Bullseye 1-2-3

    That said the water based can dry realy quick - so I would wait until its much cooler - but at least very easy to clean - no smelly chems needed to clean brushes afterwards

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  • I think even water based - can smell for a few days.  I have a very strong sense of smell!

    I wouldn not be able to paint gloss with lots of solvents - so I've switched to Johnstone's Aqua Guard Satin which is water-based, and to help bond onto the gloss I use Zinsser Bullseye 1-2-3

    That said the water based can dry realy quick - so I would wait until its much cooler - but at least very easy to clean - no smelly chems needed to clean brushes afterwards

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