Earth Friendly Products

The Real Milk Paint Company has always focused on protecting our environment, as well as the on the health of our customers. The flagship of our earth friendly products is our powdered milk paint. This environmentally friendly paint goes by many names, including green paint and non-toxic paint.

Green paint is not just a color anymore. The term "green paint" now refers to any environmentally friendly paint that can act as an alternative to petroleum based products. Our milk paint is considered "green" because it is has no VOC's (volatile organic compounds). This means there will not be toxic off-gassing from the paint polluting your home. Milk paint is truly a non toxic paint, meaning that it contains no additives or distillates that can harm you or the environment. It is made from iron oxide pigment, milk casein and lime. All of these are safe for you, your home and the planet.

As a matter of fact one of the primary ingredients of our milk paint is pharmaceutical grade lime. High calcium lime has unique properties in that it is cured through a reaction called carbonization This means that it draws in carbon dioxide from the air as it continues to harden, so when painted on interior and exterior walls and siding, it will continue cleaning the air. Using milk paint will help to clean carbon emissions from the air thus helping to reduce the green house effect. Just think of the effect on our environment if everyone used our Real Milk Paint. Another benefit of natural lime in milk paint is that it acts as a fire retardant. This means it will slow the rate and spread of fire.

And, milk paint is not our only Earth friendly product. We also offer 100% Pure Tung Oil. An all natural drying oil squeezed from the tung nut. Natural Citrus Solvent, which comes from the peel of the orange and can directly replace odorless mineral spirits and paint thinner.

And our environmental efforts don’t stop there. While the majority of companies strive to add earth friendly products and practices to their operations and product lines, be assured this has always been the focus of The Real Milk Paint Company. As a youngster growing up in town I would always rummage through the bushes for that "Coke Bottle" to be returned for nickel. Five bottles was enough penny candy to last a whole day. I never could understand why people would just toss things that still had value. I may have grown up some, but my thinking has not changed.

As an earth friendly company, we incorporate many recycled products into our daily routine. The majority of our shipping boxes are saved form the box crusher a the local Wal-Mart and grocery store . Our only stuffing material for shipments is shredded newspaper and junk mail. Everyone who ever worked here always brought in their papers and magazines for shredding. Many neighbors and former associates still drop off their recycling for shedding. Because newsprint can leave dust on the products, we collect used plastic shopping bags for wrapping each order.