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Graphenstone Paints Are NOW AVAILABLE At Brewers!

Building Products Index Ltd July 15, 2024 Mineral Silicate Paint, Paint Leave a Comment

With unrivalled eco-credentials within the industry, Graphenstone paint features sustainable, easy-to-use finishes that are rich in colour to create a standout space. You can now shop the range at Brewers!

Sustainable:

Graphenstone UK is one of the most certified sustainable paints companies in the world and are seeking to change the way you paint. They offer paints and primers, certified by the pre-eminent evaluators of products in the world, such as Cradle to Cradle Institute (they hold Gold, Silver and Bronze certifications), Green Tag (Health Rate Platinum) and Eurofins Indoor Air Comfort Gold.

Paints are manufactured using renewable energy and utilise the waste olive pits from the local olive oil industry as part of the biomass fuel. The water used in production is reused in a closed loop system, further reducing waste; the environmental impact of production is as minimal as possible and Graphenstone have a one of the lowest carbon footprints (CO2e) of any paint on the market.

Ingredients:
Graphenstone use sustainably sourced, traditional raw materials (including lime, calcium carbonates and natural minerals) and combine them with the ultimate in material innovation and technology by fusing them with graphene, to deliver a breathable, natural mineral based coating, with increased surface adhesion and Class 1 durability.

Graphenstone uses one of the oldest and most traditional of all building materials, lime, as the base ingredient to its natural based mineral coatings. They use the highest quality natural raw materials (their lime is 98% pure) giving an unparalleled, non-yellowing white, to produce one of the most ecological paints available in the world.

The complete range of natural, healthy products also contain pure inert carbon based ‘graphene’ technology. This super strong, (and Nobel prize winning!) 21st Century discovery forms a powerful mesh at the molecular level of these natural products, offering supreme strength and performance.

Product characteristics:

Natural minerals and sustainable raw materials.
Trace VOCs only (under 0.1%).
No added microplastics.
Air Purifying lime ranges – removing CO2* and other toxins, such as NOx and Sox.
Class 1 vapour open – breathable.
Hardwearing – thanks to Graphenstone technology.
96 luxurious flat matt colours – with a full range of over 1000 shades.
Excellent coverage.
Class 1 in durability.
Nursery and Toy Safe.

*The majority in the first 30 days of curing.

Some mineral paints are difficult to apply, but with Graphenstone paints, they are extremely easy to use. They can be rolled, brushed or sprayed and go on smoothly, richly and easily.

Shop the range of Graphenstone paints online or order at your local Brewers Decorator Centre.

Paints in the Age of Graphene

Building Products Index Ltd February 28, 2021 Ecological paints Leave a Comment

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While its convenience is beyond doubt, we all aspire to end The Age of Plastic.

The damage has been viewed so disturbingly on our TV screens and with our own eyes on local beaches and roadsides. It pours into oceans, rivers, waste-dumps, towns and into the countryside, this unsustainable and constant tsunami of waste that takes a millenia to deteriorate, causing painful death to vulnerable fish, mammals and animals, pollutes our food chain and continues to cause widespread damage across the planet.

In my own sphere of decorative paints, for decades, plastic filled acrylics made from petro-chemicals have been the coatings of choice for so many. Low in cost, I learned directly from Kingfisher who own B&Q and over 1,300 stores across Europe, that the average paint buyer comes in with just one thought in mind; colour.

Most DIY enthusiasts and professional contractors too, have simply no idea just how damaging these paints are. In production, there’s huge CO2 output and an estimated 30 litres of waste-water per litre of paint produced (according to WHO). Of equal concern is the impact on the health of those both applying the paint (with incidences of respiratory and lung disease at 40% higher than the national average, including smokers) and those who live in the space, as the VOC’s (damaging volatile organic compounds) leach off the walls into the air you breathe, for years afterwards. Indoor Air Quality has finally become a significant and timely health issue.

Despite this, the vast and polluting world of paints has remained resistant to change for decades. The big acrylic conglomerates control the mass market. At the fringes lie the smaller brands, offering mineral or mineral acrylic hybrids but at prices out of reach for most consumers. The film forming characteristics of plastic allow for more intense cleaning, however being non-breathable, they are prone to cracking, flaking and the build up of damp and mould, as walls are prevented from releasing moisture build-up. Breathable minerals on the other hand, more expensive to mine but much healthier for the user, have their weaknesses since they are prone to being thin, brittle and less easy to maintain and clean.

A solution was needed!

In 2012, a Spanish based technician working in the paints industry called Antonio Leon (Founder & CEO at the global Spanish HQ) got to work at Seville University seeking to combine the healthiest of minerals, such as lime and silicate, chalk and clay, with a new revolutionary technology, just released to the world for free. Made from pure inert carbon, it’s called Graphene Technology.

The two Manchester based scientists, Novoselov & Geim, who discovered this remarkable material in 2004 are now Nobel prize winners. There’s talk of a new Age of Graphene, to usurp plastic. The first 2D element ever identified at just one atom, graphene is the strongest material on earth.

200 times tougher than tensile steel, flexible, stretchable and conducting electricity 1000 times quicker than copper, it’s a truly space age material, now on earth!

As a result of Antonio’s successful R&D, Graphenstone was born. Distributed now in 35 countries around the world, the company is at the forefront of development in mineral paints fused with graphene technology. This provides a structural support for the paints and primers, at the molecular level. As a direct result of these recent technological developments, these sustainable mineral products are now Class 1 strength, washable as well as being extremely easy to apply. One of our ranges, called ‘Graflclean mid-sheen’, a natural ecological product, can even be scrubbed clean too.

Our technology lead time over the competition is already 7 years. We remain the only paints company utilizing graphene technology. Graphene allows our natural products to compete with the performance of acrylic products for strength. But in a far more sustainable, ecological and healthy way. No petro-chemicals, microbeads, formaldeyde, APEO, MIT or other nasties. Just harm-free, healthy and VOC free.

The lime in our products means that the air in your space is crisp and purified, with CO2 actively removed in significant volumes (Three 15 litre pots of our pure lime paint remove well over 10Kg’s of CO2!), enhancing concentration, health and well-being for all inhabitants.

The firm has over 18 globally recognised sustainable certifications, including the most prestigious, such as Cradle to Cradle Institute (Gold and Silver), Eculabel, Green Tag ‘A’, Health Platinum, Eurofins ‘Air Quality’ Gold and many others. Not a Green-wash but a Green-triumph. A unique profile of tests and certifications (all viewable on our website) to demonstrate the strongest credentials for sustainability, of any paints company in the world. These provide evidence of the highest level of care in product sourcing, energy and water use, local social responsibility and the manner in which these products die out at end of life. In other words,… from Cradle to Cradle.

Graphenstone also offers over 1000 luxurious flat matt colours (all based on the NCS Natural Colour System range) which are Fireproof, breathable, free of smell, anti-bacterial, natural and ecological. With over twice the solid content (the aggregate that’s actually left on the wall) of some of our mineral competitors, you typically don’t need more than two coats. And the coverage and depth of colour is unbeatable. Click here to receive a Card showing the House Range of 96 shades https://graphenstone-ecopaints.store/products/colour-selection-card

Graphenstone is the future of mineral paints. Join us and ‘Turn it Around’ for a healthier, more sustainable future.

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Indoor Air Quality concerns impact specifications for Paints and Coatings; Graphenstone

Building Products Index Ltd January 30, 2021 Paint Leave a Comment

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Mineral and graphene technology paints company GRAPHENSTONE, are reporting sharply increased demand for their sustainable range of air-purifying, CO2 absorbing, VOC free hygienic paints.

The negative health ramifications from toxic petro-chemical, plastic based paints is becoming more widely recognised. Historically, the area of key interest from consumers was purely colour, with most not appreciating the ecological and health implications of this most basic of selection criterias.

Heavily polluting paint production processes, in addition to the highly negative impact in homes and offices of toxic fumes on Indoor Air Quality from solvents and VOC’s went unrecognized. After painting, are you aware that the VOC levels in your space can increase by up to 1000 times? Manufacturers did react to some of the most damaging issues of the past decades, by for example removing lead content and some of the worst offending VOC heavy products, as regulations tightened.

Recently however, events are forcing changed at a much faster pace. The widely publicised ecological crisis, so effectively documented by David Attenborough, Greta Thunburg and others, and now boosted by the recent Covid pandemic, are forcing much quicker developments.

Up until now, there was typically a compromise on performance in the selection of more ecological products. Also, many manufacturers have attempted to climb aboard the ‘eco-friendly’ marketing bandwagon. The majority of these brands have no genuine, independently verified certifications to support their claims which has resulted in an inevitable ‘green-washing’ backlash,… who can we trust?

Graphenstone have now secured more than 20 of the most recognised ‘harm-free’ certifications from the most eminent of product evaluation specialists globally. These include Cradle to Cradle (certified Gold and Silver), Eurofins (Indoor Air Comfort Gold), Ecolabel and many others.

Cradle to Cradle Institute for example dig deep into all aspects of your product, for example down to 100 parts per million in respect to ingredients, the sourcing of materials, the efficiency and renewability of water and energy use in production, local social responsibility, as well as how the products die out; it’s a thorough, demanding and expensive process.

Graphenstone’s paints are also BREEAM, WELL, and LEED compliant and benefit from EPDs (European Product Declarations). The firm has developed a unique profile in the paints market. The range has no toxicity. In fact these products actively CLEAN and PURIFY the air, the pure lime based ranges removing CO2, SOx, NOx and other pollutants. What a total 180 degree turnaround from the polluting, toxic plastic based paints so widely specified in recent history.

Highly breathable, anti-bacterial (inhibiting all micro-organisms), Fire-proof (A1 EU, Class ‘0’ UK), Vegan, VOC free, Class 1 strength and in a range of over 1000 colours, we’ve created a beautiful matt lime based paint reinforced by graphene technology, a form of carbon which is the strongest material on earth. With no smell as well as quick drying, these paints contain no chemicals, plastic, microbeads, solvents or preservatives, with no traces of MIT or BIT. They are the Kings of Healthy and Sustainable paints.

To make the sustainable, environmental claim, the regularity of painting is crucial. Consequently, strength is a fundamentally important asset in more ways than one. Mineral products wouldn’t normally compete in respect to durability and life-cycle with synthetic-binder based paints (such as vinyl or acrylic). And this would typically result in a negative footprint ecologically, given the requirement for more regular repainting. However, via the introduction of graphene technology, providing structural support at the molecular level to the minerals, Graphenstone’s range offer Class 1 strength like an acrylic. But with none of the negatives in production or application, ensuring clean air in homes and offices.

Once applied, our paints could stay on your wall in a healthy and sustainable condition, for decades!

The Graphenstone pure limes can absorb up to 5.5Kg’s of CO2 per 15 litre pot! This offers the genuine concept of converting your walls into a natural air-purification system! Acrylic, VOC heavy options offer only a constant emitter of toxic fumes, impacting on the health and respiratory systems of all those living in these spaces. Graphenstone’s option can be compared to ‘painting trees’ into your house or office!

In conclusion, our message to designers is to carefully evaluate what product you specify. Is it genuinely in the interests of the people who’s lives will be impacted by that selection. Also, it’s a fundamental requirement now to check that the claims made by those brands you choose to work with can be independently verified and that the impact of your final decision is truly ‘harm-free’ for both, Nature, People and the Environment.

The future of clean, durable, advanced and sustainable paints is in fact available today.

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