Safe solution for anti-pollution paint

A ground-breaking new series of indoor paint is able to absorb formaldehyde in the air. It comes in plastic pails from RPC Superfos to safeguard the particular properties of the paint.

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While most of us know that the air in many cities is polluted, not everyone is aware that our indoor climate is polluted as well. Research shows that the air indoors may even be between 5 and 10 times more polluted than the open air. This is partly due to formaldehyde from building materials and furniture.

To offer a solution to the problem, the French paint company ONIP has developed an innovative series of paint, now sold in France under the brand Label’Onip Clean’R. Within only a few hours after a paint job is finished, the special paint will absorb the formaldehyde molecules in the air and transform them into an insignificant amount of water.

Plastic safeguards the paint properties
Christelle Leviel, Factory Manager at Peintures Safe, the manufacturing plant of ONIP, explains why the Paintainer® plastic pail has been selected as the packaging solution for the ground-breaking new paint:

“Usually, we fill our paint in metal pails, which have an internal lacquer coating. As we could not get a guarantee of formaldehyde absence, we opted for plastic to prevent any potential formaldehyde addition. We teamed up with RPC Superfos to find a safe packaging solution that secures the intrinsic properties of our paint. Tests showed very good results and we are happy with the solution: a 1 litre Paintainer® pail.”

For the production of the pail, RPC Superfos and Peintures Safe have adapted the lid closing tool to ensure correct closure on the filling line. Besides accomplishing the need for protection of the Label’Onip Clean’R paint, all pails work well in tinting machines. Also, it is easy to open and to re-close the Paintainer®pails, which is a very important feature for the painter.

High innovative level
The target group for the Label Onip Clean’R paint is building owners and the building industry, including professional painters. The paint contributes to meet the French regulations about the maximum permissible value of formaldehyde in public buildings as child care centers, nurseries etc.

“Our innovative paint is the first purifying paint that has received the European Ecolabel certificate. A patent application is pending for our paint technology which allows encapsulating the formaldehyde in the air. So, as our paint is on a very high innovative level, it is essential to us to have a packaging solution that is on an equally high level and suits our professional target groups,” says Christelle Leviel.