There are a lot of materials to prepare for decorating the house, of course, this is related to which decoration form is chosen.
But if it's a half-pack, you need to buy a lot of things by yourself, such as latex paint. We all know that the most critical material for painting walls is latex paint, so how to choose the right latex paint? Which is more suitable for your home? From the safety performance and color, construction difficulty, cost performance and other aspects, how can we choose a high-quality latex paint?
Today, Xiao Ai will take you to understand clearly.
What is latex paint and what does it do?
First of all, we must know that latex paint is actually a type of paint, which is a kind of paint, which is mainly brushed on the wall, and can be brushed on the interior wall or the exterior wall, but the performance is different. The main function is to protect the wall and also color the wall.
When the wall is treated, a protective film can be formed on the wall, which can effectively protect the wall from the influence of moisture, and there are many choices in terms of aesthetics, so you can choose according to your preferences and decoration style.
How to choose latex paint? Look at these 9 points
1. Look at environmental performance
The environmental performance of latex paint is related to air safety, mainly looking at several indicators, formaldehyde, VOC (volatile organic compounds), benzene. There will be environmental protection standards on the outer packaging of regular products, and it is necessary to choose the standard that meets the latest national standard GB 18582-2020, that is, the limited amount of free formaldehyde ≤50mg/L, VOC80≤80g/L, and benzene series ≤100mg/L.
Little Love Tips:
Generally, the VOC of regular high-quality latex paint can reach below 50g/L, and this indicator must be paid attention to.
2. Look at the grade of latex paint
The grades of latex paint are qualified, first-class and excellent, and it is recommended that you choose first-class products. Because the difference is actually scrub resistance and contrast ratio. The higher the scrubbing resistance, the better the paint film, waterproof and anti-cracking, if there are children at home who scribble graffiti, they can also be wiped off directly, the higher the contrast ratio, the stronger the hiding power.
3. Go to the formal purchase channel
Xiaoai suggests that you must go to offline regular stores, or official flagship stores, and brand authorized stores to buy latex paint. Don't go to small grocery stores, small hardware stores and other places on the side of the road to buy, these places are mixed, and it is difficult to distinguish the real from the fake. Latex paint is related to our air safety, so we should be cautious.
Little Love Tips:
If you buy online from the brand's official website, you can check the authenticity through its official mini program, and many brands support online inspection.
4. Choose the right gloss type
The gloss types of latex paint are matte, eggshell light, etc. Different gloss will bring different visual effects to the wall. If you pursue practicality and cost performance, the average family can choose a matte one. The matte one has lower reflectivity and has a wider range of applications.
Although the visual effect of eggshell light is better, it has higher requirements for the flatness of the construction base, which tests the construction level of workers, and most of them need to add money to the wall to do vertical flattening, so from the perspective of construction difficulty and cost performance, matte is more practical.
5. Do not blindly choose the paint of "new nouns and new functions".
We may have also heard some new terms such as bamboo charcoal, zero additives, anti-formaldehyde, etc., which sound better and safer, but it is not clear how it is, and it is more of a sales routine and rhetoric.
For example, the so-called anti-formaldehyde said, formaldehyde removal requires a special treatment method, therefore, when choosing latex paint, do not blindly listen, only need to pay attention to its basic environmental performance, which is more practical.
6. Pay attention to check the expiration date
The shelf life of latex paint is generally 36 months, when buying, you should see the production date and shelf life clearly, the newer the production date, the better, and you must not use expired latex paint.
7. Don't over-pursue children's paint
For families with children to decorate their houses, many people prefer children's latex paints in the consideration of latex paint. However, on the one hand, the price of children's latex paint will be higher, and more importantly, it has no obvious advantages compared with ordinary paint, and it is more of a gimmick. Many high-quality ordinary latex paints are enough in terms of environmental protection and safety. Owners who have children still need to look at the safety range value of the national standard.
8. Imported or domestic should look at the environmental protection certification standard
Latex paint, whether you buy imported or domestic, you have to look at the safety and environmental protection certification mark, for example, we have to look at the ten ring standard, that is, "China environmental certification", there are many imports, the more common ones are "French indoor environment A+ certification", "American green guard VOC certification", "German Blue Angel certification" and so on.
9. Primary visual observation
We can also look at the properties of latex paint through primary naked eye observation to see whether the color is uniform, and whether there is obvious color difference and impurities. High-quality latex paint should have no delamination, no precipitation, no agglomeration and other phenomena.
Of course, if there are problems with these, then there must be a big problem, and the problems that can be seen by the naked eye will naturally not be used. However, if you buy it through regular channels, you won't have these problems if you have a new shelf life.
Finally, Xiao Ai also warmly reminds everyone that the storage of latex paint is also very important, there are requirements for temperature, not too cold and not too hot, and the general temperature is between 5 degrees and 35 degrees to maintain its best performance.