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What is VOC? Sorry for my ignorance.

I've used Peel Away before and it works well. But now I'm concerned that it might have high VOC levels.

DavidO--VOCs are Volatile Organic Compounds, chemical compounds with high vapour pressure at room temperature. They are a significant source of indoor air pollution and sick building syndrome, and contribute to environmental pollution as well. Some VOCs are suspected to be carcinogenic.

Thank you, ocgrl. Do you know how I can find out whether products I use have VOCs?

David, a lot of common household materials can off-gas VOCs into your indoor environment, including paints and paint thinners, turpentine, adhesives, cleaners, and cosmetics. If you're concerned about this, be suspicious of materials that indicate that they're flammable, under pressure, must be used in a ventilated area, etc. (if the product makes you dizzy, lightheaded, or high, there's a strong possibility it's full of VOCs.) There are many low-VOC alternatives listed on green building/green homekeeping web sites.

So has anyone used aMAIZEing Biobased Solvent & Stripper, then?

Would this stuff get paint off of brick?

"So has anyone used aMAIZEing Biobased Solvent & Stripper, then?"

Yeah, I have. I like SoyGel better. Look through my previous comments. This has been beaten to death already.

There was a post about this stuff maybe a year ago.
Called the number listed on the website 3 times and left messages, but nobody called me back.
They don't seem too interested in selling this stuff

I'm all for environmentally friendly products, I even go out of my way to buy them (sometimes, not always)... but I'm not too sure about buying products like this that are made of FOOD.

I think it's a major WASTE to use food that could be feeding hungry people (because even if it's too low a quality for the western world to consume, starving people elsewhere will be only too happy to eat it).

Otherwise it looks like a very good product.

Pete: Is it made from the same part of the corn or soy plant that would otherwise be eaten?

Pete it's not so much the "waste" of food, but that there is definitely a glut of corn being grown in this country. Corn is the new wonder product here and therefore farmers are choosing to grow it over other crops because they can sell it for really good prices right now. Personally I think the concern over corn-based products should be what food crop did this replace.

Anyway, this is just my $0.02 so take it with a grain of salt.

(read Omivore's Dilemma for an interesting take on the overwhelming presence of corn)