Earthpaint

Shipped from our plants to your door. "Lets make paint that even a contractor like me would use, that truly does not poison the earth or anyone on it." Earthpaint produces only Healthy Sustainable Finish! But the founder of Earthpaint was once a die hard contractor who did not believe that a healthy sustainable paint was worth using. In fact, like... other contractors, he was absolutely convinced that the more toxic something was, the better it performed. Earthpaint was founded by Tom Rioux, a professional painter, starting as an apprentice at 14 years old. Tom built a profitable career as a professional painter but by 31 he was poisoned by the paints and wood finish he was told were safe. His industry was ignorant, good people but unaware of the dangers lurking from chemical overexposure. After overexposure, Tom spent many years working sick, often crippled and fighting for life. Tom narrowly survived. Even after intense medical intervention there has been permanent damage including severe chemical sensitivity and an auto immune disorder that persist. This in all probability was caused by chemicals of his trade. Toxicity of chemicals in paints and wood finishes were previously unknown to Tom. It took a long time to become clear. Going from one toxic building to the next there seemed to be no reason for a sudden flare and illness. Eventually, after many years determined to work while sick and on chemotherapy, Tom was forced to stop working and focus on healing. The disease threatened his life and was not improving. It was only after moving to a Zen Center in Asheville, NC that the toxicity of paint started to become more clear. Asked to test some "non toxic paint" that someone at the Zen Center had bought; Tom did what he always did to initially test a paint. He smelled it, brushed it on, rolled it, rubbed it and dipped his fingers in it to feel the smoothness and viscosity. It was clear this was a cheap vinyl acetate based paint. So Tom said, "This is just a cheap vinyl paint. Something we might use for primer ...Read More