Zsuzsi Apati
All-Women Painting

Safe Non-Toxic Interiors.
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Services provided include:

1./ - Interior/Exterior painting:

/ This includes advice on colors and patterns,
/ customized selections, and choice of textures.

2./ - Wallpaper removal:

/ Careful removal to protect walls and finishes. Wall
/ repair, hole patching and plastering.

3./ - Venetian Plaster:

/ Old world textures skillfully applied by hand.

4./ - American Clay

5./ - Drywall repair:

/ Experienced in drywall repair so no old damage,
/ nail holes or uneven textures can be seen.

6./ - Waterproofing:

/ Caulking,sealing holes,cracks.

7./ - Staining: /Railings,Decks,anything wood.

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ALL WITH NON-TOXIC MATERIALS AND PAINTS !

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I./ Why go Non-toxic or Eco-Friendly?

All Women Painting cares about the health of you and your home’s occupants. Most paints are derived from Volatile Organic Compounds, or VOCs, which are used to hold the paint in liquid form until it is applied. As the paint dries, VOCs help speed the process along. VOCs evaporate in a process know as off-gassing. Chemicals emitted during off-gassing contribute heavily to indoor air pollution. The process of off-gassing continues for months or even years after the paint has dried.

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II./ What are VOCs and how do they affect the health of my family,
my pets and the planet?

VOCs - 'volatile' means that the chemicals easily evaporate and can get into the air at normal room temperature, and 'organic' means that it contains carbon - are put into paint to improve qualities like drying times, spreadability and color, and some VOCs are fungicides and pesticides.
A typical paint might contain a cocktail of benzene, toluene, methylene chloride, methyl chloroform, ethylene glycol, vinyl chloride and mercury.
There are two main problems with VOCs - human health, and the health of the planet. At minimum this means dizziness or drowsiness, irritated eyes, nose and sinuses. Other more serious side-effects can be shortness of breath, nausea and depression. VOCs have been known to affect the nervous system, and cause blood, liver and kidney diseases. There is some evidence they may even cause cancer or nervous system problems.
Children are also more susceptible than adults to VOCs as they are still developing physically and they have higher breathing rates than adults, resulting in higher relative doses of pollutants than adults experience when exposed to the same air concentrations. This can result higher rates of asthma.
VOCs react with sunlight and oxygen to form a chemical smog. This causes respiratory problems, and damages plant life.

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III./ DID YOU KNOW????

About 5 per cent of environmental VOCs are from paint.
VOCs' worst effects, however, are in the atmosphere, where they not only contribute to the greenhouse effect, but also damage the earth's protective ozone layer.
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All-Women Painting
An Eco-Friendly Business
Philadelphia, PA
215-868-4152
allwomenpainting@gmail.com