Volatile Organic Compounds (VOC)

All paints and all well-known paint brands contain petroleum based solvents or Volatile Organic Compounds (VOC's).  These uniform solvents have fundamental actions in the painting process, which include form, texture, brushability, film hardness and working time. They also evaporate as the paint dries, creating that familiar smell of 'fresh' paint.

As you paint, this familiar smell is also your VOC footprint joining some of the estimated 80,000 tonnes of VOC's annually released into Australia's atmosphere.

VOC's originate from the wide use of solvents in industries and households around the world and can range from emissions from petroleum development or wastewater treatment plants to the mothballs in your cupboard.

VOC's contribute to the pollution of the lower atmosphere and the degradation of our ozone layer.

So what can you do?

We provide the full Porter's Paints variety of choice that can help you create safely and responsibly for you and your family.

If some of these industry standard oil-based paints are made up of around half % VOC's, then that makes a Porter's Paints premium acrylic paint of less than 0.07% VOC's a safer choice.

The benefit to your environment and your family of using a Porter's Paints low or zero VOC product are pretty evident. Apart from these products reducing your greenhouse footprint, they also provide direct benefits to you and your family, like decrease of asthma and allergic sensitisation.