Your home is for living NOT for CLEANINGgreen | Your home is for living NOT for CLEANING – New York – Manhattan Cleaning Services | Cleaner and Organized Home http://keepyourhomeclean.com/blog New York - Manhattan Cleaning Services | Cleaner and Organized Home Fri, 18 May 2012 17:51:31 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Repaint And Go ‘Green’ http://keepyourhomeclean.com/blog/repaint-go-green/ http://keepyourhomeclean.com/blog/repaint-go-green/#comments Thu, 13 May 2010 16:10:44 +0000 Marzena Ziembicka http://keepyourhomeclean.com/?p=460 Increasing consumer demand has meant that the paint companies have had to develop paints that are ‘green friendly’. As consumers look more and more towards living in a sustainable environment, paint manufactures and governments are being forced to make radical changes.

Consumers can now buy paints that emit little or no Volatile Organic Compounds (VOC) which are carcinogenic carbon-based chemicals that evaporate easily and contribute to indoor air pollution. These paints are more expensive than the traditional paints that have been used in the past, but the cost is not deterring many who want to go ‘green’. After all once painted, it does not have to be done again for quite a number of years.

The newer Eco-paints are more durable, washable and not only that it is found that they are lasting longer than the older products. The lime washes have proven to be very popular and have excellent properties. These paints are water based as opposed to the previous petroleum-based oil solvents.

Here are some links for finding out about low-VOC products and stockists:

• eartheasy
• Greenopia
• Benjamin Moore Paints

Eco paints are labeled so look for them that have little or no formaldehyde, ammonia or acetone as these non-petroleum compounds do adversely affect indoor air quality.

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    • ]]>     Did you realize that you can buy green soaps and detergents? I am sure you did.

    You may find that using soap does not work too well with the water that is in your area. If you do find this is so, you can soften water with baking soda. If you add ¼ cup baking soda to the rinse cycle your clothes will come out nice and soft as though you have used a commercial softener. You can increase the amount of soda you use up to ½ cup until you are happy with the results. The health benefits of being green in your laundry are huge. Just think about it. You have clothes on your back 24 hrs a day and for 24 hrs a day we have chemicals touching our bodies when we don’t use a green laundry system.

    If you are going to switch from detergents to green soaps it would pay to give your machine a wash through with just water and vinegar to clean out all the soap scum that has accumulated over time. This way, your clothes will be going into a scum free machine for their next wash.

    There are many green brands of home products as well so you won’t have to go without if you would rather use a commercial product. Here are some sites you could look at for a chemical free laundry:

    • www.ecover.com
    • www.oxyboost.com
    • www.sunandearth.com
    • www.seventhgeneration.com

    I would love to hear your feedback about today’s post. So TalkBack to me… I’m listening! :-)

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