Paint for children's furniture

In many retail outlets you can see a wide range of coatings for children's furniture. Pondering repairs in the child's room, parents seek to transform the interior with bright colors, from which the baby will be delighted. Of course, the colorful room is beautiful, but will it not later affect the health of the child?

It is necessary to approach the choice of paint for a nursery with special responsibility

After all, even the white dye is not a guarantee of complete security. Especially if you are going to paint furniture that is in constant contact with the baby, for example, a cot, a feeding chair or a table.

In order to prevent the negative effect of the coating, it is necessary to take a careful approach to the choice of paint. For this purpose, you need to familiarize yourself with the criteria corresponding to the specified material, it is of paramount importance what kind of paint you are going to paint the crib.

Safety of paints and varnishes used in children's homes, furniture or toys comes first.

What it should be: safety first

Basic paint components for children do not contain chemical compounds

Paint for the crib - let's talk about her safety. Either parent ensures that their children are healthy. Everything around them, including the children's room, should not be dangerous.

Dyeing children's furniture with their own hands

That is why, if you have conceived to repair the child’s room, decide on the type of paint and approach its choice with full responsibility. This concerns not only the color of the coating, but also the quality and safety of the coating.

Professional resistant paint for children's rooms and bedrooms

About how the paint is harmless, say the warnings of the manufacturer, marked on the packaging, and, of course, the structure of this material.

• If the packaging indicates that this paint is unacceptable when used in the nursery, in this case, be sure to take into account the manufacturer's recommendations.
  

  Wearproof hypoallergenic paint for nurseries and living rooms

• The most significant criterion in the selection of paint - harmlessness, in fact, this aspect should be for parents in the first place. Currently, most manufacturers offer paints, manufactured using modern technologies, which are based on organic solvents. Paint on such a basis is categorically not suitable for children's homes due to the fact that any surface painted by it will be sufficiently long to allocate malicious elements.
  

  Hypoallergenic matte latex paint for children

• Water-based and water-dispersion coatings are odorless and do not emit toxic harmful elements. In addition, they dry out in a short time and are completely hypoallergenic. Such paints should be used for finishing, especially in children. To have full confidence in the harmlessness of paint, choose paintwork materials, where it is written on the packaging that the product has a certificate and can be applied in children's institutions and in medical and preventive treatment.
  

  Environmentally friendly, velvety-matte, water-dispersion latex paint for interior work

• The environmentally friendly paint is based mainly on a component such as a solvent, which is used in its manufacture, since this element is directly its basis. The basis is subdivided into two types - organic-soluble or water-dispersive. As already mentioned, paints that have organic solvents, such as white spirit, gasoline or turpentine, are very toxic and are prohibited for use in children's rooms.

Safe oil with wax for furniture in the nursery

To date, paints have appeared on sale, which are designed specifically for children's rooms.

Types, their advantages and disadvantages

Universal matt acrylic enamel suitable for children's facilities

How to paint a wooden crib? Most of the paint coatings that are acceptable for use in children's rooms, is divided into some basic types.

1. Acrylic water-based coating. This paint has many advantages. It is freely applied to the surface, has high wear resistance, moisture impermeability, does not emit toxic substances in the future, there is a wide variety of colors and shades, resistant to sunlight. This coverage has only one minus - a large price equivalent.
   

   Eco-friendly water-based acrylic paint

2. Acrylic paint. They are safe, but less pragmatic. The consistency of elasticity, so in the process of work freely applied to the surface, it is necessary to thoroughly process it before painting. Frequent wet cleaning is not recommended.
   

   Harmless acrylate paint for children's room

3. Water emulsion. A worthy analogue of the above two coatings. They have many common positive properties, but there are also disadvantages - due to regular wet cleaning and various mechanical effects, it does not stay on the surface for long.
   

   Universal water-based paint has one drawback - it is quickly erased

4. Oil wax A unique tool to paint a baby cot, it is often used instead of varnish. Environmentally friendly, has a high wear resistance and quality of processing. The oil penetrates deep into the wood, and the wax forms a protective layer on the surface. Of the minuses can be identified that the tool is expensive and not so popular to use.
   

   Oil wax - an original covering for children's furniture which often replaces a varnish

5. Nitrokraski. Able to fully replace all of the above types of coatings. They are durable, there is a large range of colors, environmentally friendly, fire-resistant, resilient. This type of paint has an increased cost.
   

   Durable, quick-drying, environmentally friendly nitrokraska

6. Latex. The composition of these paints is rubber, so they are resistant to abrasion and various kinds of damage, vapor-permeable, dry quickly.
   

   Latex paint for children's rooms does not contain toxic components

7. Vinyl. In the manufacture of used polyvinyl acetate as a binder. These paints are inexpensive, the surfaces covered with them quickly get dirty, but they are easy to clean. In retail outlets you can find mixed types of such paints, for example, vinyl-acrylic. The properties are similar to acrylic and vinyl, their quality depends on what percentage of acrylic in their composition, which affects the value of the goods.
   

   Vinyl paint, water-based high hiding

8. Acrylic latex. Due to the fact that the composition has a rubber, the tool has a high elasticity and wear resistance.
   

   Acrylic latex paint for walls and ceilings

9. Silicone-acrylic. It is best suited to paint a baby cot, as well as for repairs in children's rooms. Surfaces covered with them, you can often wash without fear for the deterioration of its quality.
   

   Silicone-acrylic interior matt washable paint forms a particularly durable hygienic coating

10. Silicate. Completely harmless, as they are made on a water basis with the addition of minerals and coloring pigments. Possess increased vapor permeability and antibacterial properties.
    

    Silicate paint is a water emulsion based on liquid glass with the addition of coloring pigments

11. Mineral These paints are also natural and harmless. They have a matte surface, antibacterial and antifungal properties, the dust on this surface almost does not settle.
    

    Mineral coatings are designed for interior decorating

How to choose

If the paint container indicates that it should not be used for finishing work in children's rooms, then you should listen to the manufacturer's advice.

Choosing paint, you should rely on its characteristics. She must meet these criteria.

For a child's room, it is best to use water-based paints that are completely harmless to health.

Be sure to consult with the seller, ask for certificates for products. If the cover meets all the requirements, the store will necessarily have a document.

Eco-friendly paint for children's institutions

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