EPA ban on oil-base paint??
Gerald Mc Nulty
Doug:
EPA maintains a web site at http://nattie.eh.doe.gov or gopher
nattie.eh.doe.gov 2010 where you can find out. They also maintain 12 lists
on warious subjects you can subscribe in areas of interest. Lots of luck
Gerry Mac
Doug Miller...see my sig for real e-mail address wrote in article
<5u6kag$hf8...@p13-term1-and.netdirect.net>...
>I was told a few days ago in a paint store that effective 1 Jan 1998, the
sale of
>oil-base paint will be banned in the United States to comply with EPA air
quality
>regulations. Does anyone know if there is any truth to this?
>
>----------
>Doug Miller
>dlmiller!at!inetdirect!dot!net
Doug Miller...see my sig for real e-mail address
In article <redgate-3108...@aux154.tulsa.oklahoma.net>,
red...@tulsa.oklahoma.net (Kirk Kerekes) wrote:
+In article <34090...@nntp1.nac.net>, danh...@millcomm.com wrote:
+
+.. In <5u6kag$hf8...@p13-term1-and.netdirect.net>,
+dlmille...@inetdirect.net (Doug Miller...see my sig for real e-mail
+address) writes:
+.. >I was told a few days ago in a paint store that effective 1 Jan 1998,
+the sale of
+.. >oil-base paint will be banned in the United States to comply with EPA
+air quality
+.. >regulations. Does anyone know if there is any truth to this?
+..
+.. Had not heard this. There are ever-tightening regulations on VOCs
+.. (volatile organic compounds) that have effectively outlawed certain
+.. types of pure oil paints, but more and more "oil" paints are actually an
+.. emulsion of oil and water, and there are a number of indications that
+.. these paints have most of the advantages of oil paints without the high
+.. VOC emissions.
+..
+.. Dan Hicks
+.. Hey!! My advice is free -- take it for what it's worth!
+.. http://www.millcomm.com/~danhicks
+
+There are also loopholes in the regulations that permit the continued
+manufacture and sale of special-use paints for which there is no
+satisfactory replacement. This has generally meant that gloss alkyd enamel
+gets a "pass" on the VOC regs.
+
I'm especially interested in whether I will be able to buy oil-based
*primer* next summer -- if I can't, it's gonna be kind of tough to
paint my house. I want to use latex paint, but not directly over the
existing oil paint.
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Doug Miller
dlmiller!at!inetdirect!dot!net
Michel Gagnon
In article (Dans l'article) <5uc7j0$anc...@p2-term2-and.netdirect.net>,address) wrote (écrivait) :
...
>I'm especially interested in whether I will be able to buy oil-based
>*primer* next summer -- if I can't, it's gonna be kind of tough to
>paint my house. I want to use latex paint, but not directly over the
>existing oil paint.
>
>----------
>Doug Miller
>dlmiller!at!inetdirect!dot!net
There are a few primers that allow applying latex paint over any kind of
paint. I use Zinsser¹s 1-2-3 -- a latex primer that sticks over almost
anything -- and it allows latex paint to stick to oil paint, metal, PVC
(remove oily finish first), etc.
--
Michel Gagnon Michel...@videotron.ca
Montréal (Québec, Canada)
danh...@millcomm.com
In <5uc7j0$anc...@p2-term2-and.netdirect.net>, dlmille...@inetdirect.net (Doug Miller...see my sig for real e-mail address) writes:
>+
>I'm especially interested in whether I will be able to buy oil-based
>*primer* next summer -- if I can't, it's gonna be kind of tough to
>paint my house. I want to use latex paint, but not directly over the
>existing oil paint.
As I indicated earlier, paint manufacturers are attempting to maintain the
effectiveness of oil-based paints by making an oil-water emulsion. The
jury is still out, but there is a good chance that this approach will be
effective in preserving the better qualities of oil-based paints while
keeping the VOC emissions at a low level. The EPA has made some noise
about a zero-VOC limit, but I doubt that they will go that far any time
soon.
Dan Hicks
Hey!! My advice is free -- take it for what it's worth!