{
  "id": "shielding:shielding-paint",
  "collection": "shielding",
  "slug": "paint",
  "name": "Carbon or nickel shielding paint",
  "summary": "A conductive coating applied to walls and ceilings, quoted at 30–40 dB in the cellular bands; it must be bonded to a grounded conductive strip to also control low-frequency electric fields.",
  "status": "verified",
  "lastVerified": "2026-08-12",
  "data": {
    "aliases": [
      "EMF paint",
      "shielding primer",
      "carbon paint",
      "Y-Shield"
    ],
    "form": "paint",
    "attenuation": {
      "value": 30,
      "max": 40,
      "band": "roughly 900 MHz – 6 GHz, two coats, datasheet values",
      "sourceIds": [
        "sbm-2024"
      ]
    },
    "targets": [
      "radiofrequency",
      "elf-electric"
    ],
    "requiresGrounding": true,
    "failureModes": [
      "Ungrounded conductive paint can raise the AC electric field in the room by acting as a floating conductor",
      "Windows, doors and service penetrations bypass the coating entirely — the wall is rarely the dominant path",
      "Coating one wall while the signal arrives through the window produces no measurable improvement",
      "Overpainting with metallic or foil-backed products changes the result unpredictably"
    ],
    "related": [
      "shielding:window-film",
      "protocols:shielding-verification"
    ]
  },
  "sources": [
    {
      "id": "sbm-2024",
      "title": "Building Biology Evaluation Guidelines for Sleeping Areas (SBM-2024)",
      "publisher": "Institut für Baubiologie + Nachhaltigkeit (IBN)",
      "url": "https://buildingbiology.com/site/downloads/SBM-2024_EVALUATION_GUIDELINES_EN.pdf",
      "year": 2024,
      "kind": "ngo",
      "retrieved": "2026-08-12"
    }
  ],
  "links": {
    "self": "https://emfbase.com/api/shielding/paint",
    "html": "https://emfbase.com/shielding/paint",
    "markdown": "https://emfbase.com/shielding/paint.md",
    "collection": "https://emfbase.com/api/shielding"
  }
}