Adding a fresh coat of paint is a great way to spruce up your home and improve the look of almost any space.
Painting a room is a relatively affordable project that even the most novice entrepreneur can tackle. But these days, paints are more innovative and technologically advanced than ever before.
This task is no longer just a way to make your space look better too, by choosing the right paint,
You can actually work on improving the health of your space, too.
and from advances in smart home technology to design trends and hardware
that help optimize your space and allow you to work smarter, not harder,
It is not surprising that homeowners are now looking for paints that will benefit their homes in more than just visual ways.
If your space needs an update, or you’re already thinking about repainting,
Consider choosing a paint with one of these impactful innovations that will look great, while offering some serious benefits, too.
Trends in painting technology will make your walls smarter and safer
Air purifying coating
The quality of the air we breathe can seriously affect our overall health.
And although there are a number of myths when it comes to air quality,
There is no denying that keeping the air in your home as clean as possible is crucial.
This is where paints with air filtration technology can help.
Companies like Sherwin-Williams and ECOS have introduced paints that can remove odors
Unwanted and dangerous toxins (VOCs, carbon dioxide, etc.)
Which are usually emitted into our homes through certain appliances, cleaning agents, adhesives, finishes, and more.
This innovative coating technology helps make the air inside your home fresher, cleaner and safer to breathe.
Non-VOC paint
It is fairly common for paints and other objects and finishes in your home to emit volatile organic compounds (VOCs).
According to the Minnesota Department of Health, “VOCs are a large group of chemicals that exist
In many of the products we use to build and maintain our homes.
Once these chemicals enter our homes, they are released or “off-gassed” into the indoor air we breathe.
Breathing in low levels of VOCs for long periods of time may increase some people’s risk of health problems.
In typical homes, VOCs can come from a variety of common sources including but not limited to:
paint
plugged
carpet
vinyl flooring
Air fresheners
cleaning products
The EPA states that “concentrations of many VOCs are consistently higher indoors (up to 10 times higher) than outdoors”,
Which makes sense, considering where they commonly come from.
While there are some elements in our home that make VOCs unavoidable, with advances in technology, paint is no longer one of them.
Many brands now offer low or no VOC paints, reducing risks and improving health in your home.
Anti-bacterial and anti-microbial coating
Since the Covid-19 pandemic, the idea of keeping ourselves and our homes protected from germs and bacteria has been more important than in previous years.
And while keeping our homes germ-free can sometimes mean hours of cleaning and dusting,
Eliminating germs from our homes can now be as simple as the paint you choose.
While companies like Sherwin-Williams and Behr have created lines of antibacterial and antimicrobial paints,
Some of them have the ability to kill 99.9% of bacteria and viruses.
This is especially useful for rooms such as kitchens and bathrooms that are highly trafficked especially for germs.
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