If you’ve read Vintage Revivals for any period of time you know that I absolutely love Sherwin-Williams. There are definitely perks to this, the coolest one being I get top secret insider info. I have been chomping at the bit to share with you guys the most incredible Sherwin-Williams paint line on the market, and I’m not saying that lightly. It’s hard to top my heart and soul Emerald, but I think Paint Shield may have done it.
Hold on tight cause your mind is about to be blown.
We all know about antimicrobial agents that help inhibit the growth of microorganisms right? Well, Paint Shield® is like that…on steroids. It is microbicidal, which means that it actually has the power to KILL certain bacteria. Like as in living bacteria is going on its merry way and when those certain bacteria come in contact with the surfaces painted with Paint Shield, the bacteria are given a swift kick into the afterlife. Death. Dead. Buh-Bye. Zapped. Gone-zola. Belly Up. Stiff as a board, and all of the other adorable euphemisms you can think of.
WHAT?!? Paint can do that?!
Paint Shield microbicidal paint has been in development for many years (think Nickelback and Desperate Housewives).
It was originally developed for hospitals, retirement homes, daycares, and athletic facilities to kill greater than 99.9% of †Staph (Staphylococcus aureus), MRSA (Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus), E. coli (Escherichia coli), VRE (Vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecalis) and Enterobacter aerogenes within two hours of exposure on painted surfaces.
Then they realized people don’t want those bacteria in their homes either and voila! here we are today!
Paint Shield is EPA-Registered and has the power to kill bacteria† on the painted surface for up to 4 years when the integrity of the surface is maintained. I cant even imagine having the same wall color for 4 years!
Crazy right? I mean, you instantly get 100 mom points just by using this paint to help protect your family.
And if that isn’t enough, it brushes and rolls on and is just as scrubbable as any other Sherwin-Williams paint. AND it’s available in 550 colors.
Paint Shield microbicidal paint is available at your local Sherwin-Williams store, so pop in and grace them with your beautiful face, pick their brains, and leave with the best quality paint on the market.
Also feel free to show up in your 4 day ponytail, I do all the time.
What’s the risk that we are quickening the pace of breeding antibiotic resistant super-germs with products like these?
My reaction is the same. How this works to kill bacteria REALLY matters. Is it like soap, bleach, alcohol, or natural copper, which kills bacteria through physical properties that the bacteria do not develop a resistance to, or is it like anti-biotics and the anti-bacterial agents they add to so many soaps today? The former is a great way to reduce bacterial numbers, but the latter simply results in colonies of the resistant bacteria living growing and evolving unchallenged on the surface. Out overuse of things in homes and businesses of things that were designed for use in hospitals has made it so that they are no longer effective when people are in dire need, and has created things like MRSA. Really, a normal level of clean is the best thing you can do for your child’s health, because it allows their immune system to develop at an appropriate rate.
I agree with Karen. If you’re not a hospital, why would you need this?