Archive for July 2011
The Dangers Of Choosing A Dark Exterior Paint Color
It's important to do your homework when choosing a new paint color for your home.
As a homeowner, you have the luxury of choosing any color for your home’s exterior look. But have you ever considered the psychology of choosing the proper paint color for your home, and the limitations some colors present?
Choosing a particular paint color is not just about altering the look of your home–you should also determine which colors provide the proper benefits for you. Before you decide on a color, there are certain factors to consider:
- Do dark colors fade more than lighter colors?
- How energy efficient is a darker colored paint?
- How does choosing a dark colored paint effect your home’s resale value?
These are just a few items to consider when planning to re-paint your home. Dark colors tend to fade more rapidly than lighter colors, calling for retouches and repair more often. Darker colors also tend to disperse heat much less than lighter colors, keeping your home warmer. As a result, the cost to cool your home can increase. Dark colored paint also can lessen the value of your home on the market, making it harder to resell .
Keep these points in mind when attempting to choose a dark colored paint for your home’s exterior. When we think about changing our home’s appearance with paint, remember that Rhino Shield can match practically any color you can think of.
Image via Wikipedia
What Are Volatile Organic Compounds?
Paints are full of volatile organic compounds. VOCs infiltrate the atmosphere, and can have debilitating effects on your health and the environment.
If you haven’t heard of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) before, you should be aware of their presence in most chemicals that we use today.
VOCs are made from a variety of chemicals and are emitted as gases into the atmosphere from certain solids and liquids. The gases released are often dangerous to the environment, and can be harmful to you as well.
While the concentration of VOCs is higher within products used indoors, they are also prevalent in outdoor environments. The health effects documented from prolonged VOC exposure are varied and adverse. Several health risks associated with VOC exposure include respiratory and allergic affects.
Similarly, nose and throat irritation is common, as are headaches, loss of coordination, and danger to your liver, kidneys, and central nervous system. VOCs pose a serious concern to personal health and safety if exposure to these chemicals is too great.
House paint usually has a high concentration of VOCs, and each application on your home increases the number of these compounds released into the atmosphere. Even with the completion of the paint job, the chemicals remain, persisting in the air for extended periods of time. It has been determined that house paints are the second largest source of VOCs, after automobiles. Some common VOCs in paints are solvents such as aliphatic hydrocarbons, ethyl acetate, glycol ethers, and acetone.
Thankfully, Rhino Shield’s ceramic coating systems contain low VOCs and are environmentally friendly. Choose Rhino Shield to not only protect your home’s exterior, but also to support a “Go Green” alternative to traditional latex paint.
Image via Wikipedia
Rhino Shield Ceramic Coatings Is Now On Twitter And Facebook!
Rhino Shield is now prominently featured on Facebook and Twitter! Come like us and follow us!
The Rhino Shield revolution is continuing unabated! The folks here at Rhino Shield are dedicated to bringing you not just the latest and greatest in exterior ceramic elastomeric coating technology– but also the finest in quality and consistent customer service. Our product–once you learn its benefits–can often sell itself. It’s the pride we take in delivering top notch service to our clients–in addition to our superior product–that sets us apart from the rest.
It’s great when you come to our blog and find updates on our projects around the corporate office and on the Rhino Shield product itself. Now there is a new way to find out all about us. Check us out on our other social media platforms.
Rhino Shield can now be found on Facebook and on Twitter! That’s right, the product that typifies the future in home improvement is now joining the social media revolution!
Find out all about Rhino Shield and the various products offered, as well as special projects and testimonials in an interactive environment conducive to discussions and engagement.
Like our page Rhino Shield Ceramic Coatings on Facebook here. Or you can find us on Twitter at @Rhino_Shield.
photo credit: creativeshooter via flickr
Bee in the Know!
The Rhino Shield coating helps prevent the congregation of bees around your home.
At Rhino Shield, we receive a lot of questions about carpenter bees from prospective customers seeking a solution to these pesky creatures accumulating around their homes. Carpenter bees may bore into wood siding and cause damage to many homes. Their population has become more prevalent within the southeastern United States during the past decade.
While no one can completely predict animal behavior, Rhino Shield has a good track record against carpenter bees. Rhino Shield’s formula is thick with a high percentage of solids, making it a key defense against these unwanted pests.
Below are highlights from a professional paper written by Entomologist, Blake Layton about Carpenter Bees:
- Carpenter bees congregate around favorable nesting locations, and females will reuse, and enlarge old galleries from year to year. Galleries can also allow moisture to enter the wood and hasten decay.
- Carpenter bees especially prefer pine, cypress and cedar, but will occasionally bore in other types of lumber.
- Painted or sealed wood is seldom attacked by carpenter bees; painting or sealing the wood surface with Rhino Shield is one of the best long-term solutions for carpenter bees.
- Simply staining the wood does not prevent the accumulation Carpenter Bees.
Rhino Shield’s elastomeric, ceramic-based formula is an excellent defense against Carpenter Bees.
Image via Wikipedia
Rhino Shield Transforms Historical Homes
Using Rhino Shield is the perfect way to restore and rejuvenate older historical homes.
The benefits of Rhino Shield’s ceramic coating systems are numerous. Our product may be applied not just solely to residential homes, but commercial and government buildings as well.
Rhino Shield installations are perfectly suited to restoring historical homes and buildings. One of Rhino Shield’s outstanding features is its breathability. In addition to our coatings being extremely durable and strong, Rhino Shield products, in particular Rhino Shield Protective Finish Coat, registers high on the breathability index. Meaning, our ceramic elastomeric coatings allows water vapors and moisture to escape. Historical homes traditionally do not have wall insulation or modern vapor barriers. Rhino Shield provides both insulation and breathability.
Lead paint may be hazardous to work with when restoring a historical structure and must be dealt with properly. Most Rhino Shield dealers are EPA lead certified and meet rigid standards for removing this harmful substance. When existing paint is in good condition many government organizations recommend encapsulating the paint, rather than removing it. The mil thickness of Rhino Shield generally exceeds the requirement for an encapsulation product; however requirements to do so are projected at a local and state level.
Take a peek at some of these homes with Rhino Shield applied to them. You’ll see the difference coating can make. It’s what we call the Rhino Shield difference!
Rhino Shield 