Volatile Organic Compounds or VOC's in paint are guide lined by local environmental government bodies and have come down dramatically in recent years. They are measured in pounds per US gallon.
The intention is to make paint more environmentally friendly like many other "green" initiatives. The intention is great as long as the result is better for the environment but this isn’t always the outcome.
This is similar to the contentious issues related to toxic, short life batteries in electric cars that have precious raw materials shipped across the world to be manufactured into batteries and then shipped across the world to the market place they are sold in. The environmental impact of this process can be more damaging than just driving a locally manufactured conventional gas powered car.
The use of environmentally paints with lower VOC's can have shorter lives and can therefore omit greater VOC's than older & currently non compliant paint coatings when amortized over the course of their useful life. We have seen situations where the new paint will only last one third as long as the old paint we used for decades and therefore needs to be redone three times to compare in life to our old reliable coatings. This means that you need to triple the VOC emission of the new paint in order to compare to our old paint to see if there’s VOC savings. The use of urethanes vs. fluorocarbons is an example.
The other issue is the total quantity of paint required on a job maybe much greater with a new coating than an old one so you need to look at the total VOC emission for a given project using each alternative paint to compare.
Low VOC emission paints aren’t always better for the environment.
New waterborne paints are becoming longer lasting, more tenacious, with fewer problems with staining or contaminants bleeding through the coating.
Visit us at Induspray USA for more information about commercial/industrial painting.
September 30, 2010
January 27, 2010
Plant & Factory Floor Remediation
Lately, with the vacating of numerous manufacturing facilities by long-term tenants, we are seeing plants in terrible condition. They tend to look particularly bad when everything is cleared out of them. Stamping plants tend to mist oil to lubricate dies, and the oil mist gets on everything from ceilings, to walls to the floor. The floors can have a quarter of an inch of oil and dirt on them that has to be cleaned up before you can even take a new tenant or buyer in for a viewing.
Years ago, the dirty water from left behind after cleaning would go down the drain, but not now. We have containers to remove the dirty wastewater after washing, and then have it disposed at a registered waste treatment facility.
At Induspray, we've been hired for our expertise in the restoration of badly damaged plant floors. This process includes cleaning, patching damaged areas, replacing areas, implementing floor leveling systems, and coating them to make the floors look more uniform and to get rid of the oily smell. Induspray is always trying to minimize the cost for our customers, so we don't do more than is needed. Sometimes this means that expensive floor over-layments are avoided, even when we have a rough floor if we are not positive that the owner will benefit.
Visit us at Induspray USA for more information about commercial/industrial painting.
Years ago, the dirty water from left behind after cleaning would go down the drain, but not now. We have containers to remove the dirty wastewater after washing, and then have it disposed at a registered waste treatment facility.
At Induspray, we've been hired for our expertise in the restoration of badly damaged plant floors. This process includes cleaning, patching damaged areas, replacing areas, implementing floor leveling systems, and coating them to make the floors look more uniform and to get rid of the oily smell. Induspray is always trying to minimize the cost for our customers, so we don't do more than is needed. Sometimes this means that expensive floor over-layments are avoided, even when we have a rough floor if we are not positive that the owner will benefit.
Visit us at Induspray USA for more information about commercial/industrial painting.
January 22, 2010
Paint your industrial building to help sell or lease it quickly!
These days, with so many empty industrial buildings available, building owners and ICI real estate agents need all the help they can get to find a new owner or tenant. We've been told over and over again how critical our painting work was to improve the esthetic appearance inside buildings -- and make them sell.
Recently, an agent told us this:
"The interior was smelly, dark, dirty, and looked all broken up with some areas painted different colours or not painted at all. Painting the ceiling, walls and floor instantly took it from the 1950s to 2010. It now not only looks clean and bright, but it doesn’t smell like a dirty, oily factory anymore. Without doing this, we would never have moved this property. My client deciding to paint with my persuasion was the best thing he could have done. Painting made our building stand out from the rest as a location of choice. It was a quick, cheap fix for getting someone in."
Another agent recounted that he said to his building owner client that:
"He only has one chance to get a prospective buyer to a building. Bringing the buyer back after doing a cleanup is often a tough sell. First impressions are critical, so it’s imperative to do it right the first time. A lot of times, I only get one kick at the can."
We can't understand why building owners and agents don’t act faster to clean up a building when going to market. A lot of buildings are left looking terrible for many months before the owners realize what they are missing out on. They lose a fortune! Plus, in a declining market, the longer they leave it, the price they end up getting often just keeps getting lower and lower. Painting is always a very wise move and an excellent investment.
Visit us at Induspray USA for more information about commercial/industrial painting.
Recently, an agent told us this:
"The interior was smelly, dark, dirty, and looked all broken up with some areas painted different colours or not painted at all. Painting the ceiling, walls and floor instantly took it from the 1950s to 2010. It now not only looks clean and bright, but it doesn’t smell like a dirty, oily factory anymore. Without doing this, we would never have moved this property. My client deciding to paint with my persuasion was the best thing he could have done. Painting made our building stand out from the rest as a location of choice. It was a quick, cheap fix for getting someone in."
Another agent recounted that he said to his building owner client that:
"He only has one chance to get a prospective buyer to a building. Bringing the buyer back after doing a cleanup is often a tough sell. First impressions are critical, so it’s imperative to do it right the first time. A lot of times, I only get one kick at the can."
We can't understand why building owners and agents don’t act faster to clean up a building when going to market. A lot of buildings are left looking terrible for many months before the owners realize what they are missing out on. They lose a fortune! Plus, in a declining market, the longer they leave it, the price they end up getting often just keeps getting lower and lower. Painting is always a very wise move and an excellent investment.
Visit us at Induspray USA for more information about commercial/industrial painting.
January 20, 2010
News Section Launched
Induspray is pleased to announce the addition of this "News" section to our website. We'll be posting on company developments, the industrial painting industry, updates on some of our jobs, and more. Hope to see you back here!
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