Neutralizing VOC's in Paint

This past week I have been married to my basement where we have painted the walls using a faux finish and then stained the concrete floors. Like everything else in my life I wanted to find a "greener" way of doing things without breaking my bank account. At the rate of $40-$60 per gallon of the better VOC paint with how much I was going to need it wasn't cost effective. But with my kids being asthmatic I cant afford to have the smell in the house as this will trigger their asthma. So what to do.....

Well my father told me about his friend Val that sells Young Living Essential Oils and they have one called Purification. When you put 5 drops per 1 gallon paint it neutralizes the VOC's in the paint and there is no smell. My father used this before and said it really does work. So I got a bottle.....ready for the results!

IT WORKS! There was minimal smell putting the paint on, and when I say minimal this was the least smell out of any 0% or low VOC paint I have ever tried! Within 1 hours of me finishing I had people in the house that couldn't believe me that I painted because there was no smell. Really the only smell you have when putting on the paint is the smell of the oil which is a nice smell.

How to use:
5 drops per gallon of paint (I used the regular Valspar paint from Lowes at $20 per gallon).
Stir up
paint as normal.

Were to buy:
You can use any independent Young Living Distributor or you can visit here:
http://valpam.younglivingworld.com

Cost:
$23 per bottle and you only use 5 drops per gallon so you get a lot of use out of this!

Outcome:
I am in LOVE with the purification oil. Now if I had a smaller room to paint I would probably go with the better safer paint such as AFM Safecoat since it is greener company than most other paint companies and they are also helping our environment. But with how much I was going to need at a rate of 3 times a regular gallon of paint I just couldn't afford it.

As I like to say being green is about keeping the environment and your wallet green.