To be clear, 57g/L is INTENSELY LOW VOC. So low that it is almost undetectable. If you found something around "550g/L" now you can be worried....but 57g/L is absurdly low. Wakol adhesives are very low or "no" VOC. They would be in the same range as what you are looking at. These "low" VOC adhesives are EXTREMELY sensitive to chemicals (the lower the VOC content, the more sensitive they are to "other" things....like OSB and moisture). Be careful with adhesive choice when working over a slab. Slabs have a long history of conducting moisture up into your floor. The adhesive used has to be able to BLOCK moisture. To do this, they have to be MUCH more aggressive (nastier). When working over a slab, it is best to have it tested using several of the 4 testing methods (I like to see 2-3 methods used....not just one). This will give you an excellent idea of what is going on with the slab. A HIGH END flooring professional will know how to test and will do it without asking. A medium-level flooring professional will know the basics of testing but may not do it routinely or only when asked. And low-ball guys won't have a clue, won't know what you are talking about and won't care to find out. The LOW/no VOC adhesives are tricky to work with because of the MASSIVE limitations. The limitations are what you have to work around. Test your slab to find out what criteria you MUST meet to get this to work....then find the adhesive with the LOWEST VOC content in that category. You are shopping for adhesives in the wrong way - you need to find out your slab's criteria FIRST and then find the adhesive that fits that criteria...once found, you can then shop for "VOC" content. Good luck. Test your slab or pay someone to test your slab using 2-3 of the 4 testing methods available to high-end flooring installers.

Ok....here's the *issues with matte poly - they are SUPER HARD to live with!!!!! They are even HARDER TO LIVE WITH if you choose a DARK FLOOR! Ohhhh dear. As handsome as the Pompeii Lipari is, it will be HELL to live with. And here's why: dark floors NATURALLY show dust (human skin cells make up 90% of all indoor dust; and most skin sluffs of LIGHT GRAY....). And your colour choice is dark. It is not a mid tone. It will read as "dark" in any space other than a box with windows on all 4 sides. So the DARK wood you have chosen will show dust (light gray film over everything) on a DAILY basis. Yes. Daily. Now for the matte finish. Matte finish is duller than SKIN OILS. Which means bare feet AND stocking feet will leave behind visible OIL MARKS. So will hand prints. And knee prints (even through blue jeans). And elbow prints (even through t-shirt material). And if animals are in the picture, dog's pads have plenty of oil on them....which will show up on the matte finish. Your beautiful floors will be a constant source of frustration. These are things a sale's person will not tell you. The dark floors are hard to live with. Period. Matte finished floors are hard to live with. Period. A dark floor finished in a matte will be HELL to live with. End of story. Personally I would look at a lighter floor (two steps lighter) with a satin finish. Satin is a close cousin to matte. It gives the same appearance as matte but without the oily prints. Splashed cooking oil will show up....but that is a GOOD thing! You want to be able to see the oil so that you can clean it up - it is a hazard on the floor. The skin oils will BLEND IN with satin. They are the same sheen level. The extreme colours (white or almost white; black or dark) are very hard to live with. The extreme gloss levels (matte or super matte; gloss or super gloss) are hard to live with. That's why MOST PEOPLE compromise and work with a mid-tone floor (two steps lighter than your choice) and satin or semi-gloss finishes. These compromises suit 90% of homeowners better than the extreme options. The extreme options SHOULD COME with their own LIVE-IN house keeper! Good luck. I would keep looking.

Well, I think if he damaged your floors, you need to tell him that he has learned a good lesson about "high adhesion" tape and you'll be sending him an estimate for the cost to get them repaired. Did you buy it from a local flooring store? My local store would help me get it fixed. I'm guessing they'd order more of the same product and hope it's a match. Keep him informed as to what you're doing, and withhold the appropriate amount of payment for the painting job. And he will need to pay you for the rest of the cost to fix the floors. I'm curious what he taped down like that? And all over the room like that??? I have painted my whole interior a couple of times, and some rooms more than that. I use drop cloths, and sometimes those rolls of paper you find in HD....and only blue painters tape. I would never use anything called "high adhesive" tape. I have never seen that, though I'm only a diy-er...but even I know better. I have never taped down anything onto flooring, and I can't think of a reason why that's a good idea.

Excuse the mess, but here’s some pics. We got Verano Orzo from American Floor Covering Center in Los Angeles. We saved a ton of money going through them, about 7+ dollars a sqft off the big box store prices. Encourage you to buy sample boxes, as this one i liked the least in the store. Keep in mind, ours is grainier because Galleher’s distributing screwed up our lots and i didnt notice different lots (ie trees) were delivered until the boxes were already off the truck bed, and by then, it was too late.