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White Exterior Paint: Zinc White Ground in Boiled Linseed Oil
A plain white paint for outdoor work: zinc white ground into boiled linseed oil and thinned with turpentine (Thorpe, 1912). Zinc white is non-poisonous and does not blacken in foul air, but it dries more slowly than lead white, so give each coat time.
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Beginner
A few hours
Instructions
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Weigh pigment and oil
Weigh pigment and oil
Weigh the zinc white and the boiled oil: whites take less than 20 parts of oil to 100 of pigment. Boiled oil is the oil for outdoor work.
Materials for this step:
Zinc Oxide Powder1 kg
Boiled Linseed Oil180 gTools needed:
Balance Scale2
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Grind it in
Grind it in
Grind the pigment into the oil a little at a time with the muller on a glass slab, until the paste is smooth with no grit.
Tools needed:
Glass Sheet
Glass Muller3
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Thin with turpentine
Thin with turpentine
Stir in turpentine until the paint brushes out easily. Less oil gives a harder, less glossy coat.
Materials for this step:
Turpentine1 as requiredTools needed:
Tin Can
Wooden Paddle4
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Allow time to dry
Allow time to dry
Zinc white in oil dries far more slowly than lead white. Let each coat dry hard before the next.
Tools needed:
Tin CanMaterials
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