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Healthy paint for kitchen walls? Help please

Angela 'Donovan

6 years ago

New kitchen nearly there. walls plastered. bedazzled by paint choices 're allergens. I don't have asthma but other auto immune conditions. kitchens need tough paint so are milder healthy paints enough and any suggestions would be gratefully accepted

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Carolina

6 years ago

Hi, bumping your question. Did you search for eco friendly paints?

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Sonia
6 years ago
last modified: 6 years ago
Even the usual paint brands have water based paints with low VOC’s which are better for us. Dulux Breatheasy is one. Avoid paints with high VOC’s, usually oil based. It will be printed on the tin - High is red symbol, medium is amber symbol and low is green. I do have asthma and allergies and I remember painting my front door in Farrow & Ball oil based outdoor paint and being very ill afterwards for days. Most of their paints are water based now so much better for our health. I find the wall paints are fine, but the water based woodwork paint is definitely not as tough as oil based, but then I have no choice.
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Angela 'Donovan
Original Author
6 years ago
Thanks for the bump up and comment, both.

I'll probably go with Darrow and Ball as I've used them to date.

The issue has moved on to colour!Angela
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Active Builders London ltd
6 years ago
hi Angela

you could try Lakeland paints. good quality and eco friendly, quite expensive though.
Emma Lamb
6 years ago
Hi, have you thought about The Little Greene paint company? They are what their name suggests, green, all their paints are eco friendly , child safe etc, so no nasty chemicals, waterbased, even their oil paint is made using oils from vegetable oil and they have an abundance of colours!!
Emma Lamb
6 years ago
Hi, have you thought about The Little Greene paint company? They are what their name suggests, green, all their paints are eco friendly , child safe etc, so no nasty chemicals, waterbased, even their oil paint is made using oils from vegetable oil and they have an abundance of colours!!
Angela 'Donovan
Original Author
6 years ago
there's a stockists near me. will head there tomorrow
thanks
angela
Angela 'Donovan
Original Author
6 years ago
I've ordered a colour chart
thanks
angela

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