In our work with painting and building contractors working on Christchurch repair work, the issue of lead paint has arisen many times.

Paint companies provide consumers and specifiers with a number of different tools to help with colour selection.

One of the functions of paint is to obliterate whatever you are painting, whether it be old patterned wallpaper, stains, or the unloved colour of a previous tenant.

Some people do not realise that storm water drains (the ones on the road edge) go straight to local waterways or the ocean.

In 2008 the New Zealand Commerce Commission issued a press release on "greenwashing".

The most common question I am asked by the specifier is that of durability. 'How long will your product last in the environment in question?' 

Over the past few years the paint industry has been working to reduce the level of VOCs in paint products. 

Transparent and semi-transparent coatings on timbers do not have the same life cycle as opaque coatings.

This post covers off some of the causes of visible stopping lines after painting.

When it comes to using water based paints some might disregard the fact that as paint dries the water is evaporating from the painted surface.