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1. Where can I get the paint?
On our website, go to "Retail" for store locations nearest you, or you can order online.
2. What is the cost for shipping paint?
Cox Paint, our online retailer, charges $5 per quart and $10 per gallon. Please contact them with any questions at 310.393.72083.
3. What sheens does YOLO Colorhouse have?
- Inside: Flat, Eggshell, and Semi-gloss (Semi-gloss is only available in light colors)
- Outside: Velvet Flat and Satin
- Primer: YOLO Colorhouse also has both Inside and Outside primer for a complete zero VOC system.
4. Which sheen should I use where?
- Inside Flat:Wipeable, high hiding matte finish. Ideal for uneven surfaces maximizing color on ceilings and wall surfaces. Not recommended for high traffic areas. Available in Quarts, Gallons, and Fives.
- Inside Eggshell: Excellent durability, stain resistance, and moisture resistance. Recommended for all wall and room types including kitchen and baths. Ideal for high traffic areas. Available in Quarts, Gallons, and Fives.
- Inside Semi-gloss: Ideal for trim and smooth walls susceptible to fingerprints. Only available in light colors. Available in Quarts and Gallons.
- Outside Velvet Flat: Recommended sheen for house body. This product is formulated for use on previously painted wood, cured and primed or previously painted masonry such as concrete or stucco, site-primed hardboard siding, or previously painted or primed metal. Not recommended for new cedar or redwood. Superior color retention and durability. Available in Quarts, Gallons, and Fives.
- Outside Velvet Satin: Ideal sheen for house trim and accents. This product is ideal to use on previously painted wood, cured and primed masonry such as concrete or stucco, site-primed hardboard siding, or previously painted or primed metal. Not recommended for new cedar or redwood. Superior color retention and durability. Available in Gallons only.
5. Do you have a primer?
Yes, and for a complete zero VOC system, and to ensure the best results, use a YOLO Colorhouse® primer before painting. YOLO Colorhouse Inside primer is recommended when transitioning from a darker color to a lighter color, or when painting new wallboard and raw wood. To ensure maximum coverage, we suggest that you use YOLO Colorhouse's tinted primers, pink for PETAL.04 and PETAL .06 and gray for CLAY .05. Your YOLO Colorhouse dealer will tint the correct color for your primer. YOLO Colorhouse Outside Primer is recommended for unpainted exterior siding, non-bleeding woods, and cured masonry.
6. Can another company's colors be mixed in YOLO Colorhouse®?
Yes, YOLO Colorhouse can match most other paint brand's colors.
7. Where can I get a palette? OR How can I see the colors?
You may see YOLO Colorhouse® palettes through dealers (see Retail section online), or online (see Color section online).
The YOLO Colorhouse® palette can be viewed on the YOLO Colorhouse® website (Color section). The website is only a representation of what the colors are like. Since colors vary from monitor to monitor, the best way to view the color is with our real paint samples.
Poster-Size Color Swatch: If you want to see what the color is really going to look like in your space, the poster-size swatch with real paint is ideal. You can move the large swatch around the room so you can see what the color looks like in different light, or in different spaces.
8. What makes your paint environmentally-friendly?
YOLO Colorhouse is proud of what is not in our paint:
- No carcinogens
- No Reproductive toxins
- No Mutagens
- No Hazardous air pollutants
- No ozone depleting compounds
- No formaldehyde
- No Phthalates
- No VOCs
Besides being a zero VOC paint with none of the bad stuff, YOLO Colorhouse looks beyond what is in the can:
- 100% recycled plastic containers
- 100% post-consumer waste labels with soy based inks
- Bio-diesel and rail shipping to reduce embodied energy
- Alternative energy purchased for company headquarters
- Poster-size sampling system reduces quart can waste
- Displays made from renewable and recycleable materials
For more on the YOLO Colorhouse commitment to the environment go to "Commitment to Environment".
9. What is a VOC? Why are they bad?
VOC is short for volatile organic compound. In plain terms, these are chemical liquids that evaporate at room temperature. Examples of these include solvents used in low VOC or traditional paints (such as ethylene and propylene glycols, paint thinner/turpentine). The EPA (Environmental Protection Agency) has identified paints to be a major contributor to VOCs inside our homes and in the environment. VOCs contribute to poor indoor air quality, have measurable negative effect on human health, and VOCs contribute to smog/air pollution. See link below to EPA website on VOCs.
10. Are zero VOC and low VOC paints the same?
No! Technically, the term "zero VOC" paint applies to paints that have >5 g/L of VOC. The term "low VOC" paint has been applied to paints having a wide range of VOCs from 50 g/L to as much as 250 g/L.
11. What makes YOLO Colorhouse different from other low or zero VOC paints?
YOLO Colorhouse paint formulas were developed by two research and development teams working together:
- A paint formulating team who approached the development with a focus on creating zero VOC paint with superior performance.
- A team of toxicologists and green scientists who reviewed each ingredient one by one to evaluate it full health and environmental impact - from acute and chronic effect to carcinogenicity, reproductive toxicity and sensitizing effects.
12. Why choose a zero VOC paint?
It's better for people and the environment! If everyone in the United States used zero VOC paint instead of a 'low VOC' or traditional paints, we would eliminate between 150 million to 1 billion pounds of chemical solvent from being released into the atmosphere.
13. Why were VOCs added to paints in the first place? Why aren't VOCs in YOLO Colorhouse paint?
Traditional resins/binders (the stuff that sticks to the wall and binds the pigment) required chemical solvents to form a film as the paint dried. YOLO Colorhouse is utilizing state of the art technology that does not require chemical solvents in the paint formulating process. The only solvent that we have in our paint is water. YOLO Colorhouse worked with environmental experts and academics to perfect our formula to have a low impact on human health and the environment.
14. What is LEED? Does YOLO paint qualify for LEED Green Building points?
LEED is short for Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design). LEED is a rating system developed by the US Green Building Council system that measures how 'green' a building/remodel/new construction is. YOLO Colorhouse is Green Seal certified, which automatically qualifies it for LEED rating points.
15. Why do you put milewcide in YOLO Colorhouse paint?
Mold and mildew contribute to poor indoor air quality, as well as deteriorating paint color and performance. Essential in exterior paint and preferred in interior paint, our mildewcide has been designated by the FDA as generally recognized as safe. As a reference, this material is also used as an active ingredient in dandruff shampoo.
16. What is the process for choosing ingredients for the YOLO Colorhouse product line?
We apply the principles of green chemistry in choosing new formulating ingredients. We also use the precautionary principle: some chemicals are not yet regulated, but there is sufficient evidence in the literature to suggest toxicity. Canada recently employed this principle in eliminating plastic water bottles containing BPA.
17. Does YOLO Colorhouse paint work for chemically sensitive people?
All Chemical sensitivities are uniquely individual, while YOLO Colorhouse has had success with chemically sensitive people, we recommend you having your paint dealer open a can of paint and smelling the paint to see if you are sensitive. When the YOLO Colorhouse formula was developed we worked with green chemists and toxicologists to evaluate each of the ingredients for both a human health and environmental health. The paint does contain a low odor when wet.
18. What is Green Seal™?
Green Seal is an independent non-profit setting standards for environmentally responsible products. Green Seal certification is based on VOC content, the absence of 1000+ chemical compounds (www.greenseal.org), performance and manufacturing practices. Green Seal certification automatically qualifies YOLO Colorhouse® for LEED certified projects. YOLO Colorhouse was the first paint company to be certified for GS 11 2008, a much more stringent criteria and specification than GS 11 1993.
19. Why did YOLO Colorhouse choose to be certified by Green Seal?
Green Seal is the only US Ecolabel recognized by global ecolabeling network - Europe's Blue Angel. Europe has the strictest environmental standards in the world. For more info, go to www.globalecolabeling.net. GS 11, 1993 is recognized by US Green Building Council as the standard for LEED points. Green Seal is the most comprehensive certification: looks at performance, packaging, consumer education, etc.
20. What are some of the requirements for the new strict GS 11 2008?
Performance testing:
- Adhesion
- Flow and leveling
- Hiding power
- Corrosive resistance
- Scrubbability
- Washability
- Fade resistance
- Accelerated weathering
- Flexibility
- Solar reflectance
VOC count
- 20% recovered material content and no phthalates in packaging
- No carcinogens
- No reproductive toxins
- No mutagens
- No hazardous air pollutants
- No ozone depleting compounds
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