Going Green – Shops and Schools Transistioning To Waterborne Paint

Going Green has been the topic at Butler Community College as we are in the process of switching to PPG’s Waterborne Paint System. 

This week’s featured shop on I Saw It On Google also talks about waterborne paint as they are interviewed.  Be sure to watch the video as they educate us about their experience of switching to waterborne.


Butler also hosted a waterborne paint class Friday 4/9/10 for other schools to learn more about waterborne paint and going green. At the training event we had Steve Johnson, PPG Representative, attend and help with questionsin the classroom.  Steve also demonstrated how to use the waterborne paint in the lab. The instructors from the other schools were impressed with the fact that the waterborne paint does not need to have a mixing bank, the fast 2-4 minute flash time to sand, tape for tow-tone, or clear that the paint offers.   The other schools are considering making the switch as well.  

There are many impressive benefits the waterborne paint has to offer, but the biggest benefit is that we will be helping our environment by allowing less VOC’s to escape into the environment. This will create a safer working environment for our students and everyone else as well.


This is just the start of our transition of switching to waterborne, but we plan to be ready for the start of Fall 2010 classes in August. I will keep you posted on every step of the way so check back to learn more about waterborne paint. 

Have you already made the switch?  We would love to hear your stories about water borne paint as well.  Leave us a comment with you advise, concerns, or comments.