Old
Village Acrylic Latex. Satin Finish for Walls, Woodwork, Masonry, Interior
& Exterior.
Old Village pleased to present our new Vintage Paint Colours. They can
be readily seen on doors, shutters, and windows throughout Europe, in
France, Spain, Italy, Germany and Scandinavia. This is not an unlikely
happenstance since many of us came from those parts of the world and
brought our colour preferences with us.
Indeed, I well remember selling colours very similar to these over the
counter at our family paint store on Fourth Street in Old Philadelphia
then called C. Schrack & Company. That was back in the late 1930s
and early 1940's. Those were the days before alkyd vehicles or latex
resins were developed and linseed oil and lead were used exclusively
for outside paints.Prior to this painters made their own paints.
Painters were required to serve an apprenticeship and were not allowed
to work for themselves until achieving the title, "Master Painters".
Over the counter sales were to painters, artists, and wood finishers,
since sales to the consumer had not really been established. The cost
of a gallon of high quality linseed oil outside white house paint was
about $295 per gallon.
Much has happened to the paint industry since then, so we are pleased
to bring you a small portion of history with these lovely Vintage Colours
and hope you enjoy them.
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