Description
Dark limestone gray color. White broken with 60% Green Umbra.
Nearest NCS S 5005-Y50R
100% it is dark gray-brown, broken with white it is warm gray. It is available in the following percentages: 2%, 7%, 15%, 30%, 60%.
When you want to paint knots and linings on wooden houses from the 18th to the 20th century, it is good to know that there was a different amount of refraction of the white color in different eras.
The most common was 30% green umber in the 18th century, giving a distinct limestone gray hue. During the 19th century, the fashion lightens and the “white” color often ended up around 15% green umber.
By the turn of the century, however, only light, soft white is the highest fashion, corresponding to 2% green umber.
Since the same colors and the same paint qualities were also painted indoors with roughly the same timetable, our ready-made paints are suitable for both indoors and outdoors. Indoors, this linseed oil paint was used on windows, carpentry, breast panels, doors and more.
ATTENTION! The color reproduction on the screen does not correspond 100% to reality.
The course of the painting
Priming: Prime with the paint thinned with about 10% turpentine. Outdoors, special primer, so-called zinc white primer, is required for light colors.
Intermediate coat: Intermediate coat with the paint thinned with 5% turpentine.
The final coat is applied with undiluted paint. If you want to avoid gloss in the paint, you can also thin the final coating with about 5% turpentine.
Suitable painting weather: Paint in temperatures above 10 degrees Celsius. At lower temperatures the paint dries slowly and easily becomes too thick. The moisture content of the wood should be below 15%. Do not paint in direct sunlight.
Drying time: Dries indoors after one day, overpaintable after two. Dries outdoors after two days, can be painted over after three. If the paint has not dried within this time, it is probably too thick.
Equipment: Linseed oil paint is applied with a round, stiff and dense natural bristle brush. The paint is “smoothed” with a flat paintbrush. Do not roll. Do not spray.
Brush washing: Wash in turpentine, then in linseed oil soap and water. Save on washing by storing used brushes in raw linseed oil instead.
Storage: Almost unlimited storage time in a well-filled jar. Place the jar upside down to prevent air from entering. Store in a cool place. Can withstand frost. Stir well, as some pigments sink and a sediment forms.
Durability: Indoors in principle unlimited. Outdoors 10-20 years or longer, depending on the surface, environment, etc. The paint chalks in the long term, which means that you do not need mechanical paint removal before repainting.
Glaze: The paint can be used as a glaze on clean wooden surfaces indoors and outdoors, if diluted with 1/3 linseed oil and 1/3 turpentine. As a base, a half-oil of 50% boiled linseed oil and 50% turpentine is recommended.
Tips! Many people paint linseed oil paint too thickly and with brushes that are too thin. This causes the paint to run, wrinkle and have difficulty drying. So paint thinly and with good brushes!
ATTENTION! Rags soaked in linseed oil paint can spontaneously combust. Therefore, put them in water or burn them.
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