Qingdao children paint expensive outrageous urgently need to be introduced national standards

China Paint Network
: Since April, the island city really ushered in the decoration season. Citizens buy building materials, please workers, home decoration is in full swing. At this time, merchants are also on time to launch a variety of concept products, one of which is children's paint. Children's paint colorful, the price is two or three times the price of ordinary paint, but because the business claims that it has "environmental protection" "zero formaldehyde" "children-only" and so on, so by many parents of all ages. Industry insiders remind that at present for children's paint, the country has not formulated the corresponding standards, the market expensive children's paint and ordinary paint is not very different, low cost-effective, consumers are advised to buy rational.
this year into the decoration season, Mr. Cheng busy all day renovating a new house, ready to move to a new home at the end of the year. But his three-year-old son really gave him a headache. The old child is bigger and more naughty, small dirty hands touch the wall to leave a handprint. At the same time, the child also learned to take a pen, his parents did not pay attention to him to the wall scribbled. In order to prevent the same experience in the new house, he intends to choose an anti-fouling and easy-to-
paint
. A few days ago he went to the building materials market, the owner of a paint shop recommended to him in a prominent place marked "children-only" and other words of children's paint. The boss said that children's paint is specifically developed for children, anti-fouling ability is much stronger than ordinary paint, but also resistant to scrubbing, which is talking about his heart. But when he looked at the price, he frowned. Originally, this small bucket of children's paint than next to the same brand of ordinary barrel paint is more than two hundred dollars more expensive. Merchants then said that children's paint is not only anti-fouling and clean, but also zero formaldehyde, zero VOC (volatile organic compounds), the most suitable for children to decorate the bedroom. In the end, he bought a small bucket of children's paint, but he had no bottom in mind whether the children's paint was more anti-fouling.
, reporters came to Lijin Road, a home improvement building materials market visit. In a paint shop, the reporter saw this small bucket of children's paint. One of the brand 5L children's paint packaging marked with "zero formaldehyde" "zero VOC" and other words, the price of 399 yuan a barrel. Next to it, the same brand 10L large barrel of ordinary paint price is only 259 yuan, other brands of
paint
price is even lower. "This is children's paint, do not add benzene, can be removed formaldehyde, special decoration of children's room." The boss told reporters that this children's paint is suitable for parents with children to buy, because non-toxic environmental protection, many parents are very green. Reporters then went to several other paint shops, see some stores also have children's paint for sale, and are small barrels of high prices, packaging style cartoons, colorful. In addition to emphasizing that children's paint is more environmentally friendly, businesses also emphasize the characteristics of children's paint anti-fouling and scrubbing. During the interview, the reporter had questioned the function of children's paint, but some merchants pointed to the composition table on the paint can, said that children's paint formaldehyde, benzene, heavy metals and other items are "untested", indicating that the paint content of these substances is zero, so safer and more environmentally friendly. "Bamboo charcoal full-effect children's paint", "seaweed mud children's paint", "diatom children's paint" ... Network sales end, children's paint variety is richer, the price difference is also more disparity. On Taobao, many shops have played "children dedicated" and other propaganda, said that children's paint contains natural bamboo charcoal factors, can effectively and quickly decompose and absorb formaldehyde, to minimize pollution damage to children. Under the same brand specifications, the price of children's paint is more than twice the price of ordinary paint. The industry >>> play concept low cost-effective for children's paint, many people in the industry have their own views. "Children's paint on the market today is very different from ordinary eco-friendly paint." Liang, a manager
a
company in Island City, said. She introduced that children's paint has been on the rise in previous years, a sub-manufacturer of ordinary environmental protection paint as "children's paint" to sell, to meet the psychological needs of parents to make a profit. She says the same brand of children's paint and ordinary paint composition is almost the same, are acrylic, lead-free pigments, additives and water, the content of the composition is also very small difference. Zhang, the head of a
manufacturer
island city, told reporters that he had not heard of standards for children's paint to follow. He said that many manufacturers are also trying to develop a more safe and environmentally friendly paint, including children's paint. "The harmful substances of children's paint produced by regular manufacturers are lower, such as VOC content, formaldehyde content, etc., which is a little higher than the standard for the production of ordinary paint, but the difference with ordinary paint is still very small." 'Given the outrageously expensive price of children's paint, the price/performance ratio is naturally much lower than that of regular paint, ' he said.
s paint really free of formaldehyde, benzene and VOC? Take VOC as an example, many paint product descriptions, the content of VOC only marked specific content and "untested" two. Some businesses to VOC content has not been detected as its healthy, environmentally friendly paint slogan, "untested", is it really zero VOC products?"' Untested' is a term in the field of detection that does not equal zero content. "Qingdao National Quality Inspection Center, a staff member of the Ministry of Building Materials said. She said that children's paint labeled VOC, formaldehyde, benzene and other items "unsealed", does not indicate that the product content of such substances is zero. Reporters learned that "untested" refers to below the national standard detection limit, or does not contain the initial boiling point below or equal to 250 degrees C of organic compounds, does not mean zero VOC. From the raw material, organic compounds with an initial boiling point above 250 degrees C may contain more toxins, which have a great impact on human health. There are many children's paint, including ordinary environmental protection paint all claim that the product has activated carbon, etc. , can adsorb formaldehyde and other substances in the indoor air. Qingdao Interior Decoration Industry Association indoor environmental monitoring center inspector Pan Jiaming told reporters, This is not absolute. "Active carbon does absorb formaldehyde, but there is adhesive in the coating, which is applied to the wall and sealed off, and naturally can no longer absorb formaldehyde." Pan Jiaming said. He introduced that benzene and formaldehyde and other substances mainly from adhesives, paint can not be completely not added. So is there a standard for the production of children's paint? Mr. Zhang, a tester for a paint testing company in Island City, said that the production of "children's paint" is an enterprise behavior, its standards are mastered by enterprises, and there is no corresponding national standards. At present, the so-called children's paint and ordinary paint reference is in fact the 2008 revision of the "interior decoration material interior wall paint in the limit of harmful substances" this national standard. Many children's paint quality and ordinary paint on the market are very different, in the chemical composition and function is more just marketing strategy. "Now claims that children's paint has environmentally friendly specifications and anti-fouling capabilities, the regular manufacturers of ordinary environmental protection paint has already done it." He said. Although the current market for children's paint is uneven, but he did not completely deny the enterprise research and development of children's paint efforts. "There are a lot of people in the industry who are asking the state to set standards for children's paint, and the relevant departments are considering it, so we hope that the country will soon introduce a national standard for the production of children's paint." Mr. Zhang said.
consumers in the purchase of paint are very environmentally friendly, then how should we choose environmentally friendly paint? Industry insiders, the regular manufacturers of qualified ordinary paint can meet everyone's needs, but also pay attention to a few points. First, choose paint paints that smell small. Secondly, check the certification of paint manufacturers, such as the manufacturer's international quality system certification, water-based wall paint China environmental mark certification and paint type III environmental mark certification. Finally, review the paint inspection report, including the inspection report and the sampling report. Among them, the inspection report is sent by enterprises to the testing center after the samples are produced, some of which will be mixed with water to get through. And the sampling report by the quality regulatory department random samples for testing, the credibility is higher, consumers should pay more attention to the sampling report.