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Richard Casady

On Sat, 09 Jan 2010 18:28:16 -0500, wrote:

On Sat, 09 Jan 2010 11:50:12 -0600, Richard Casady
wrote:

On Wed, 30 Dec 2009 22:07:12 -0600, cavelamb
wrote:

Mostly for trim coloring, ala the Nelson Checker (black and white) with the
occasional blue or yellow. Red wasn't really available.

Red was the most available color of them all because it is the
cheapest. Barn paint has iron oxide for a pigment and is cheaper than
white or anything else. That is why they use it.

Casady

In the days of wooden ships, the most common color was black, because
that is the color of the tar they slathered on the hull.

Red tar was pretty hard to find.

Ok smartass. Where did they get the tar base white and blue? They used
huge quantities of linseed oil based paints.. Lampblack is not cheaper
than iron ore. The white pigment was lead carbonate and lead has never
been cheap

Bruce In Bangkok

On Fri, 22 Jan 2010 15:17:53 -0600, Richard Casady
wrote:

On Sat, 09 Jan 2010 18:28:16 -0500, wrote:

On Sat, 09 Jan 2010 11:50:12 -0600, Richard Casady
wrote:

On Wed, 30 Dec 2009 22:07:12 -0600, cavelamb
wrote:

Mostly for trim coloring, ala the Nelson Checker (black and white) with the
occasional blue or yellow. Red wasn't really available.

Red was the most available color of them all because it is the
cheapest. Barn paint has iron oxide for a pigment and is cheaper than
white or anything else. That is why they use it.

Casady

In the days of wooden ships, the most common color was black, because
that is the color of the tar they slathered on the hull.

Red tar was pretty hard to find.

Ok smartass. Where did they get the tar base white and blue? They used
huge quantities of linseed oil based paints.. Lampblack is not cheaper
than iron ore. The white pigment was lead carbonate and lead has never
been cheap

Lead based white paint was what painted all the picturesque buildings
in New England and most of the red barns were covered with a red lead
based paint, at least in modern times, and New Englanders are noted
for being "close with a dollar".

Cheers,

Bruce
(bruceinbangkokatgmaildotcom)

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