The Little Greene Paint company are renaming some of their products.

Most notably, Little Greene’s ground breaking and extremely hard wearing Ultimatt has been renamed Intelligent Matt Emulsion.

There are three other changes worthy of note

• Little Greene’s Acrylic Emulsion is to be called Absolute Matt,
• Acrylic Eggshell has changed to Intelligent Eggshell
• Oil Eggshell has been renamed Traditional Oil Eggshell

EU legislation sets limits on the amount of VOC (Volatile Organic Compounds) content allowed in paint. These limits were further reduced with effect from January 2010.

VOC’s are present in many household products. In paint VOC’s are solvents, such as white spirit, which evaporate while paint is drying. These VOC’s pollute the environment and could potentially have a detrimental effect on health.

With an ever increasing focus on the environment, it is likely that legislation will continue to require (more…)