Sherwin-Williams and Home Depot Commit to Ban Certain Paint Strippers
CLEVELAND — Home improvement retailer Home Depot and paint and coatings company Sherwin-Williams both announced that they would phase out use of methylene chloride in paint removal products.
The world’s largest home improvement retailer, The Home Depot, announced on June 19 that the company would remove the products that contain methylene chloride and n-methylpyrrolidone (NMP) by the end of this year. Home Depot was the third major retailer this month to commit to pulling the products from store shelves.