Is the epoxy floor paint in underground parking garages harmful to the body?

Is epoxy garage floor paint harmful to the body?

Subterranean parking garages commonly use epoxy self-leveling flooring paint materials to decorate the floors. Epoxy flooring paints are generally categorized into solvent-based oil epoxy paints and solvent-free water-based epoxy paints. Oil-based epoxy paints require the addition of solvents as diluents for application. As is widely known, solvents are toxic, emitting unpleasant, pungent odors during the application process, posing significant harm to human health and polluting the surrounding environment. Decades ago, economic development had to be said to have sacrificed the environment, and the situation has become increasingly severe in recent years. Policy-wise, special funds are needed to address the issue, making environmental protection increasingly stringent. Therefore, solvent-free water-based epoxy paints, which are diluted with water and do not contain solvents, do not emit noxious odors and are a new type of environmentally friendly flooring paint that is low-odor, non-toxic, and harmless. This new flooring paint not only meets but exceeds the hardness, wear resistance, luster, application technique, and cost of oil-based epoxy paints. Therefore, it is inevitable that this new water-based epoxy paint will replace the oil-based epoxy paints on the market in the future. However, many brands' water-based epoxy paints currently cannot achieve high luster, only matte or semi-matte finishes. When the hardness is not sufficient, polyurethane water-based paint is used as a light-blocking layer to maintain hardness and wear resistance, while also slightly enhancing brightness. Of course, there are also water-based epoxy paints that offer high luster, high hardness, and high wear resistance.