It is springtime, which means more sunlight during the day leaving parents and guardians with what feels like more time on their hands for projects! What projects have you been holding off since winter? Now is the perfect time to pick up where you left off with all your ongoing…

“Clear Surface Treatment is a self-cleaning clear coating that should be used on surfaces with grime build-up occurring in polluted or industrial areas where traffic and chemical pollutants are present. This product reduces pollution, cleans surfaces, reduces maintenance costs, reduces odors, improves appearance of structures, limits the growth of mold…

Your bathroom is one of the germiest places in your home, second to your kitchen. (For more information about kitchen germs, read our Related blog link below.) In fact, most people would probably believe it to be the dirtiest room in the home. And while our research has taught us…

Ensuring you have a clean kitchen means more than just washing your dishes and taking out the trash. The kitchen is where you prepare nearly all of the food that you are going to put into your body, so it’s important to keep all the surfaces clean. Foodborne illnesses are…

Setting up your baby’s nursery may be one of the most important things you do before bringing your baby home. It’s where your child will spend much of their time as babies spend almost half their time asleep. Knowing this, you will want to give your baby the safest, cleanest,…

Schools Using our smart paint in schools can help reduce the risk of spreading disease and illnesses among a wide range of children, teens, and young adults. When using our paint in classrooms, you are helping to protect students from transmitting diseases. You also protect them from pollution, fumes, mold/fungi,…

One of the best qualities of Activa Coating is that it helps reduce air pollution inside your buildings, leading to better indoor air quality. It can also help protect the integrity of your building’s outdoor areas, including sidewalks, brick, and asphalt. Air pollution can be defined as anything that alters…

Kids spend up to 40 hours a week in school or in childcare facilities. That’s almost 50% of the time they spend awake. The question we need to ask ourselves is, are these school facilities healthy places for children to grow, play, and learn? Air pollution is typically more toxic…

Getting your office to go green can be as easy as simply encouraging everyone to consider these four easy habit changes. It may start slowly, but the more people you can get to participate in your office, the greener your team will be. You may even find that one or…

Invented in the late 1960s by Dr. Akira Fujishima and Dr. Kenichi Honda, photocatalysis works in a similar way that solar panels use light energy to harness power. Photocatalysis is the natural phenomenon through which a substance uses light energy (natural or artificial) to clean its surface by removing contaminants and harmful compounds. Natural or…

Activa Coating offers several wonderful benefits to provide you and those you care about with a healthier life. There are three main ways our paint will help improve your life: 1) It is antimicrobial 2) It is self-cleaning and 3) it is pollution reducing. For example, it can help purify…

With spring in full swing, summer is just around the corner. If you have a basement, chances are you spend quite a bit of time down there in the summer, or maybe you’re hoping to make your basement more inhabitable by renovating. If your basement is a livable space, are…

Air pollution often seems like a hot topic, especially when warmer weather approaches. Warmer weather means more movement as people tend to travel more and we receive delicious in-season fruits and vegetables from all over the world. Additionally, as warmer weather approaches and the pandemic becomes more manageable, offices are…

As a proactive parent, caring for your child’s health is a top priority. Many of us take our children to get yearly shots, teeth cleanings, and checkups to make sure they’re in the best health possible. As we dive further into this new age of technology and development, it’s crucial…

Sometimes you just need a change of scenery, sparking creativity and giving yourself that extra boost it needs. Transforming your apartment space with a new coat of paint might be the change you’re looking for. New paint can breathe new life into your indoor areas, and with Activa Coating, you…

If you need to give the inside of your home or office a fresh coat of paint this winter, you’re not alone! Many households are taking advantage of the cold weather to tackle their indoor painting projects. You might even already have a color scheme or design in mind! If…

While many people choose spring to knock out their home design projects, we at Activa argue that winter might be even better! Not only will you have less to do when spring cleaning comes around, but your home will look amazing for the holidays. As winter approaches, most of us…

Nobody likes occupying a space where there are unpleasant odors. Typically, we attempt to cover up icky smells by lighting candles, using Febreze, or installing scented trash bags in our trash cans. Some may even purchase expensive technology that helps clean the air of odors or disperses scent throughout the…

It’s never too late to start taking care of your body. Staying healthy with age takes motivation, commitment, and a desire to truly be healthy long-term. In observation of Healthy Aging Month, we want to discuss some of the ways you can start aging gracefully. Although some of these habits…

Painting the interior of your home can sometimes produce unforeseen challenges, especially if you’re a beginner. The best way to ensure a great finished product is to educate yourself on some of the top painting tips and tricks. For this month’s blog, we will be diving into some of our…

Do you consider the indoor air quality (IAQ) of your working space, living space, or another enclosed space? Indoor air quality (IAQ) is often under recognized. This is an issue for human and animal health. Poor IAQ comes with several negative symptoms, ranging from coughing and wheezing to congestion and…

Traditionally, when people think of a good night’s sleep, they consider factors such as comfort, temperature, and time. Another way to have a productive sleep cycle is to improve your indoor air quality (IAQ). The IAQ of your home has the potential to affect the respiratory health, allergy symptoms, and…

Keeping your home or commercial building clean and like-new will help to increase your property value. However, the outside of the home or building is often neglected, with many focusing on cleaning and keeping the inside clean. Luckily, there are many ways to maintain the cleanliness of your outdoor surfaces…

In the United States, April brings promises of showers and weather slowly warming. For most, April is the start of spring. However, did you know that April is also World Autism Month? Organizations like, Autism Speaks, provide awareness and education for all topics that include autism. This month is a…

When people think of air quality, they immediately start to think about outdoor air quality and pollution. Although this is extremely important, many people spend a majority of their time either inside their home, another building, or in their car. According to the EPA, indoor pollution is typically two to…

When thinking of February, many may be excited for Valentine’s Day and spending time with loved ones. We want focus on another heart-centered topic this month, American Heart Month. This is a great month that is dedicated to the healthy treatment and maintenance of your heart. Due to heart disease…

Although many companies have recently committed to becoming carbon neutral by a certain year, it’s not enough to reverse the effects of pollution. One of the best ways that we as individuals can prepare and fight back is by being educated about pollution. For this month’s blog, we dive into…

Parents are eager to get their kids back to school, and students will benefit from in-person learning when they are able to get back in the classroom. In-person learning offers several benefits for students, among which some are being able to problem solve with peers, less distractions and higher concentration,…

Our paint was recently involved in a two-month long study determining the effectiveness of our products against bacteria and viruses. Our products were found to have over 99.5% efficacy eliminating bacteria from surfaces and over 72% efficacy eliminating viruses from surfaces. This was accomplished in just eight hours. All bacteria…

Drinking water pollution is a topic that needs to be discussed. Pollution is not a new topic. We know it’s there; we know it disrupts human health and leads to a long list of illnesses. We know it affects the air we breathe and therefore affects our bodies and lungs.…

One of the less-discussed aspects of our smart-technology paint is the fact that it eliminates odors! The photocatalytic process destroys odor particles to help the air smell fresh and clean. We discussed this briefly in our blogs about painting with Activa in your kitchen and bathroom! This is a great…

Remember in science class when your teacher explained the different layers in our atmosphere and which gases are present (like oxygen)? Well, I’m sure they didn’t discuss all the other things flying around in our air today. Germs and other man-made pollutants are abundant in our air, and they can…

One thing we have learned from COVID-19 is that it’s better to be proactive than reactive. As many office workers continue to work from home, anxiety may begin to build thinking about going back to work. Of course, there are positive sides to returning to work, like maintaining a normal…

Keeping our senior citizens safe and healthy is paramount, especially during times of crisis. With millions of senior citizens living in assisted living, nursing homes, or with their families, we owe it to them to do everything we can to keep them safe. There are a number of articles detailing…

Spring cleaning is a tradition dating back hundreds of years across multiple cultures. It’s a time when we can open our windows to let in fresh air and begin cleaning away the winter’s fog. Some of us may look forward to our spring-cleaning traditions, as we move the fridge to…

The choice to trust your children in the hands of a daycare isn’t always an easy one. As a working family, you rely on childcare so you can go to work, school, or another responsibility. Roughly a quarter of children under five are in an organized childcare system (daycare, preschool,…

Winter is well on its way and we are all into the new year. Friends, family, co-workers, and maybe even you have already fallen sick this winter. Illness spreads rapidly, so once one person is sick everyone around them seems to get sick shortly after. You may be diligent with…

Winter may bring in the cold, but that doesn’t mean you have to put your indoor painting projects on hold. Painting in the winter can be safe and productive, if prepared for properly. Most paints contain some amount of water. Keeping this in mind, it’s important to properly store your…

This month, we want to focus on educating our customers on our smart-technology paint’s science. Our paint contains titanium dioxide (TiO2), which has photocatalytic properties. Photocatalysis is a chemical reaction occurring when light (either natural or artificial) hits the photocatalytic surface (Activa Coating) to destroy microbes, pollution particles, germs, mold,…

Now that the kids are back in school, we want to focus our efforts on influencing school health. Schools, like all premises where there are a lot of people, have tons of germs that can easily spread from child to child, or child to teacher. One of the reasons germs…