Historic Paints - A tutorial from Laine

[@jacobhairguru215]

I love the education and history you bring us!

[@AuntieBrennie]

Fascinating! The old paints last for centuries! Thank you. B~}

[@EB1878]

This better explains the difference in paints used back then. Like so many, I once thought all old paint was lead-based. Thank you for clearing up the misconceptions. Your video is very informative. 😊

[@our2ndempire]

Thanks for all this fantastic information! Our house thanks you as well!!!

[@sueminock2243]

Your research is a plus to all the remarkable renovation your doing!

[@melanieschofield6195]

Love your videos on your restoration journey!

[@stephenburns3678]

Thank you for the information.

[@Leo.Lapo_]

This videos make my quarantine easier, thanks Laine

[@marielaveau5321]

My husband and his dad used to do a LOT of painting on the historical homes in West Point and Columbus, MS. The guidelines for the colors and type of paint allowable is really strict. ✌️

[@EmilyDillon295]

I love all the updates! Thank you for sharing.

[@georgemack120]

I've never seen such an informed paint-101. NOTHING is more beautiful and velvety than a lovely FLAT OIL-PAINT on interior walls...it's almost impossible to describe...is it too much to call it sublime ? I don't think so.

[@amysbees6686]

Interesting history lesson! I did not know what distemper paint was! It would something to find out exactly what those original pigments were on Louise! As a hobbyist oil painter, I greatly enjoy the smell of linseed oil in my paints. The offensive odor is usually from the solvents involved, turpentine or mineral spirits.

[@zanie4343]

Do you have any before and after videos of your renovations?

[@OurRestorationNation]

The video of “our condemned Victorian before and after”

[@Country_Girl63]

We have a 1900 American Foursquare. We literally have paint that is peeling off the wall of are plastered because it's latex, so yes, we are having to peel it off. I take it that you might be a vegetarian? I know that back then there was really no such thing as vegetarians, and the fact that they even use the hide for the glue that they needed for paint make use of the whole animal.

[@lisaknell1809]

Very interesting, thanks for sharing! I know that Sheele’s and Emerald green arsenic dyes were used during Victorian times for various things. Do you know if these dyes or pigments were used in paints?

[@laineberry2637]

Lisa Knell arsenic green was generally not used in paint. Green was achieved by mixing Prussian blue and ocre. Arsenic greens were saved for fabrics, Wallpaper, silk flowers, etc

[@src4409]

We want to repaint the exterior of my 1885 Victorian, but we aren't sure if we want to go more historically accurate colors.... and we don't know what they were. How can we find out?

[@OurRestorationNation]

You can take a paint sample that goes to the wood and send it to someone who does microscopic paint analysis. We use @brookewyr Contact her to find out what to send and let her know we sent you.

[@thetubekid]

Although original historic paints werent lead-based, would there have likely been lead-based paint added later on?

[@src4409]

You also can't use latex over oil based right?

[@OurRestorationNation]

You are correct