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EnviroTouch's ProNature Paints - Truly Eco-Friendly!
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EnviroTouch was founded by the German paint technician Bernhard Lembeck in 1997.
After working for more than 20 years in the conventional paint industry (BASF,
Dulux, Hoechst) he decided to go back to South
Africa to establish a new range of natural wood
and wall finishes. His research confirmed that natural paints are not just
eco-friendly and non-toxic but also had this technology proven itself for
hundreds of years. With decades of experience and practical knowledge together
with input from a large variety of experts from some of the biggest names in the
industry, he developed and established EnviroTouch's specially formulated and
researched ProNature
Range
of Wall Paints and Wood Finishes, which offer the purest, environmentally sound
alternatives to modern-day synthetic living.
The
production of natural paints entails the following:
- Abandonment of crude oil based raw materials
- Unobjectionable raw materials and their
compositions for all living creatures
- Problem-free integration of raw materials and
their compositions into the natural cycle
- Raw materials from sustainable resources are
preferred to synthetics
- The production and the growing and winning of
raw materials as well as the complete coating must follow ecologically sound
principles -
- All used raw materials must be declared in
simple form on the product label
Things you will NOT find in our paints that are
common in many paints (even in low VOC paints):
- Formaldehyde emitting biocides (the standard) or
any other biocides.
- Toxic Petrochemical Solvents.
- Acrylic Polymers with TEA and N-Methyl
Pyrrolidone – may negatively influence foetal development / pregnancy. Have
low odour in water-borne paint.
- Ethylene Glycol derivatives, sweet smelling
poisons. We consider them dangerous. Found in most water and solvent-based
paints.
- Alkyl phenol ethoxylates (a.k.a. APES -
endocrine disruptors a known problem for human and aquatic life worldwide),
found in many water-borne paints.
- Isoaliphatics (mineral spirits in disguise -
Isopar is an Exxon brand name for petro-chemical based iso-paraffinic
solvents)
- Oximes (e.g., 2-Butanonoxim – common
anti-skinning agent in oil based paints that is not necessary to make
quality products.
- Cement
EnviroTouch is the currently the only company producing a
range of 100% natural finishes, including wall paints as well as wood and stone
finishes locally in South Africa. Our specially formulated and researched
ProNature products offer the purest, environmentally sound alternatives to
modern-day synthetic living. Only natural elements such as beeswax, plant oils
and extracts are used in all our ProNature products... purpose-made for the
treatment, protection and maintenance of all wood and stone surfaces.
Proudly, EnviroTouch ProNature coatings and treatments do not contain any
ingredients with harmful emissions such as aromatic solvents for formaldehyde.
We believe in our products as much as we believe in preserving life and our
environment.
Paint a Greener Future with ProNature Paints!
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