Low Environmental Impact Coatings

Heavy Metal Free Paint

Why use leaded coatings when you don’t have to? No lead or heavy metals amount is considered safe for humans and can have serious health consequences. ...

Low VOC Paint

Jones-Blair® Industrial Coatings has a range of options in each product line to satisfy many regulatory VOC levels. Because regulations are continually changing, research and development ...

Jones-Blair® Industrial Coatings are made to satisfy the most rigid American environmental standards. Their product lines include low VOC paint – all the way to waterborne classification – and are always 100% lead free and heavy metal free coatings.

Because Canadian standards are much lower, Jones-Blair® products far surpass other Canadian manufacturers for both current technology levels and the quality of coatings given specific VOC standards. For example, Canada does not regulate lead or heavy metals in industrial coatings, even though it is a proven health hazard, which means other manufacturers still use these ingredients in their paints.

When choosing coatings, health and environmental hazards should always be a consideration, Jones-Blair® Company makes the product choice easy.

Heavy Metal Free Paint

Heavy metals, like lead, are extremely hazardous to humans and cause damage to the nervous system and organs – no level of lead is considered safe. Every product in the Jones-Blair® Industrial Coatings line of products is 100% lead and heavy metal free. This is important especially when doing on-site work in different environments and ecosystems. There can be many liabilities associated with releasing toxic and harmful compounds into the environment.

Being lead-free is an important industry standard. Many projects are painted locally and then shipped internationally to their final destination. Every country has its own set of rules for what is accepted into their country, meaning that lead is on many lists of unacceptable contents, not only for liquid form, but also on cured painted pieces. Companies and nations alike have realized the liabilities that can result when equipment might be used in a protected nature reserve or on a children’s playground.

By making a smart decision from the start of your project means not having to find out the hard way that lead or heavy metals are present on your projects or equipment.

Low VOC Paint

Low VOC paints are making applying coatings safer for the people doing the job, and are better for the environment. VOCs are volatile organic compounds which are chemicals and solvents found in industrial compounds like paint that can cause serious health issues as well as damage the atmosphere. We offer several options for paint VOC levels, and can satisfy the requirements for even the State of California. As regulations continue to become stricter, especially concerning solvents and chemicals, the Jones-Blair® product managers continually research and develop competitive, high quality coatings ahead of the market.

Primer VOC Levels per Mixed Gallon (theoretical)