1st Jun 2024
Balsam turpentine, also known as gum turpentine, is a natural extract sourced from the sap of pine trees. This age-old substance, captured in an image by the Keystone View Company around 1906-1920, ho…
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25th Apr 2024
For centuries, if not millennia, versions of linseed paint have been integral to various applications. Traditionally, lime washes and (casein) distempers adorned stone or solid wall structures, while…
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6th Apr 2024
Are you looking to revitalise your outdoor furniture and protect it from the elements? Look no further than garden furniture paint using linseed oil. In this comprehensive guide, we'll explore the ben…
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3rd Apr 2024
Lead paint, as commonly referred to, actually consists of linseed paint with added white or red lead pigment. Variations of linseed paint have been utilised for centuries, incorporating heavy metal pi…
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17th Mar 2024
SL Decor of Belfast has over the last three years been restoring a house on the eastern shores of Northern Ireland, spending a couple of months there during the summer. Located adjacent to the sea, th…
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24th Jan 2024
It's amazing where in the world Brouns & Co linseed paint is used. Here it has been applied to a restored window frame, sashes and shutters on the island of Bermuda. The late Georgian townhouse is bei…
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28th Oct 2023
A report carried out by Earth Action published in 2021 just showed the extent as to which plastic paint waste is becoming a problem for the environment. The report concluded that plastic paint has bec…
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16th Aug 2023
When using exterior linseed oil paint on a wooden surface and to gain the benefits of using linseed paint, it is important to remove modern plastic paint first. A lot of people find it hard to es…
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16th Jun 2023
At the end of last year Adam Lynch of Whitacre Bespoke Carpentry went on a rescue mission to salvage this cupola. It has been painstakingly restored including the weather vane. The weather vane and th…
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17th Dec 2022
Graeme of Westmount Heritage in North Yorkshire has been working as a decorator for over 35 years but had become disillusioned with plastic exterior paints and modern building materials. He…
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28th Oct 2022
History I am not new to the product or production methods of (pine) tar and tar oil, but spending a week at the Nordic Tar Oil Seminar in Mariehamn, Åland ( Finland) showed me how much I still ha…
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26th Oct 2022
Even though I prefer to analyse linseed paint in its historic context and setting because there are at least a few centuries to work with, that doesn’t mean that I shy away from modern methods and…
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