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The Origins of Balsam Turpentine
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 ...
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Historic Applications of Linseed Oil Paint in Buildings
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 ...
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Transform Your Outdoor Space with Garden Furniture Paint: A Complete Guide
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 ...
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The History Of Lead Paint
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 ...
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Exterior Painting Of A Coastal Property
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 ...
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Restoration Of Late Georgian Townhouse In Bermuda
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 ...
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Plastic Paint Waste Impact On The Environment
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 ...
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Testing For Modern Paint Or Linseed Paint
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 ...
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Restoration Of A Cupola
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 ...
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Creating A New Exterior Office & Workshop
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 ...
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Traditional tar (oil) is still very much alive!
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 ...
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The scientific approach
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, ...
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Restoration of a fire damaged property
This property had a devastating fire which destroyed most of the top floor, but fortunately the story had a happy ending for the owner Anne ...
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Historic Text On Linseed Oil Paint – As Relevant Today
Every now and again, we come across historic texts which are so apt, they might as well have been written last week. James Gallier’s The ...
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Restoration Of A Victorian Workers Cottage
This Victorian workers cottage is located in a conservation area and the current owner set about replacing the oversized UPVC windows with wooden sash windows ...
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The Scottish Fisheries Museum flagship vessel restoration
Brouns & Co are delighted to be supplying paint to The Scottish Fisheries Museum where preserving the wood and the appearance of their flagship vessel, ...
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Flax seed harvest | Brouns & Co
This year has seen a good flax crop in the UK, and we've been out in the fields near Wetherby to watch the harvesting take ...
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Linseed paint protects family home and bakery business for years to come in coastal Maine
Tim Semler is using Brouns & Co linseed paints as part of the ongoing project to restore his 120-year-old timber-framed farmhouse and barn, as well ...
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Historic preservation of Ailey Young House Wake Forest
This saddlebag style house in the Town of Wake Forest North Carolina was commonly in use as slave housing. This house, however, is a much ...
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Manufacture and Painting of Bespoke Gate
Jill's gate was a long but satisfying project for David Keys of Londonderry. The wood for this gate was originally in the ceiling of the ...
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Restoration of a early 19th century Cumbrian property
This property was purchased by the current owners in 2013. It had endured a brutal facelift in the 70's with a porch being added and ...
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Sheffield Traditional Property Exterior Restoration
This handsome stone built property has had a full restoration of the exterior woodwork by Adrian J. Dench Painting & Decorating. A traditional stone built ...
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Linseed paint in the garden
It's that time of year when we can start to enjoy the garden and many garden structures and furniture can often benefit from linseed paint. ...
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Garage Door Restoration
Stephen from SL Decor in Northern Ireland has been working on restoring some garage doors at a property which sits right on the sea. After ...
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Order Your Copy of 'Linseed Paint and Oil'
Written by our founder and CEO, Michiel Brouns, it describes in detail the unique role linseed paint plays in the preservation of historic buildings, including: What linseed paint is, what the ingredients are and how it is made; the benefits of linseed paint and how it functions on a molecular level, how linseed paint can play a pivotal role in reducing microplastics and making the building and restoration industries more sustainable, and detailed step-by-step instructions for applying linseed paint to a variety of surfaces.
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