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Figure 1 can

can of paint 20% binder, 15% pigment, 65% water and additives.

A can of high-quallty latex paint contains 20% binder by volume. In traditional latex paint, there is 1% to 7% solvent dissolved into the binder. This solvent is largely responsible for giving latex paint Its odor. New, low-odor varieties of latex paint are essentially solvent free, though they contain about the same amount of binder.

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