On Aug 21, 5:04*pm, Keefiedee wrote:
My 1650s Norfolk farmhouse is pink - as far as we can tell from an old
paint tin left behind by the previous owners, Sandtex Dusky Pink.
This is, of course, no longer listed. *Enquiries in local DIY shops
and builder's merchants are rather confusing, but I gather
Weathershield can be mixed to order, but only certain colours. *I see
from a Google search that Johnstone's do a dusky pink which might be a
fair match, but I can't even begin to understand their colour charts.
Can anyone give us any advice about how best to go about getting a
reasonable match - given that we haven't the time or the energy to
repaint the whole place at once!

Keith


Modern masonry paint is entirely the wrong stuff for most 1650
constructions. Medieval buildings normally rely on damp evaporating
from the walls to avoid problems such as rot, which is often
structural with such properties.

The standard recommendation from SPAB et al is lime paint. To make
this pink you can colour it with iron oxide rather than the
traditional suffolk pink, which is animal blood added to lime paint.

I've used lime, and it lasts just fine. And of course it costs about
£6 for a lifetime's supply of it.


NT