Based on the zinc white colour found on a window salvaged from Cambridge, this used to be our whitest white, before Project White was introduced in 2019. Original window obtained from the Charles Brooking Collection.
Don't forget to order your Raw Linseed Oil and Balsam Turpentine if you need to thin the first coat.
If you would prefer a ready mixed primer, we would recommend Primer #1
Beautiful paint, and a small tin goes a long way - but wait for a warm day before using it...
Beautiful paint, and a small tin goes a long way - but wait for a warm day before using it...
For. This a fantastic paint the after effect is unreal Against. It takes a long long time to dry like forever, and it has a strong smell which takes 3/4 days to clear Overall it is worth the wait and the smell for the end result is supper
We at Smith & Garratt have been looking for a paint to replace the old white lead. As specialist surveyors in the heritage sector, we see the damage that modern paints - even micro-porous paints - have done in the last half century. There was nothing to touch white lead for its benign effect on the underlying timber ... until Brouns & Co. Effectively, this is the paint used for 250 years until modern petrochemical paints arrived. Just boiled linseed oil and pigment. The linseed oil - having a smaller molecular size than water - penetrates the timber further than water can, and protects it. The pigment provides the aesthetic and prevents bleaching; Brouns's pigments are consistent and stable. It has to be applied with care, not slapped on; and each coat takes time to sink in and dry; but exterior joinery won't need coating every three to five years ... the interval is more like eight to ten years. Best of all, the timber will still be good at the next time, and the next. At last we have found the replacement for white lead, and we won't be using anything else on exterior timber.
