Is There Any Truth To This?
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Posted 9/5/2025 21:35 (#11355819 - in reply to #11355340)
Subject: RE: Is There Any Truth To This?


dko_scOH - 9/5/2025 11:50

Maxzillian - 9/5/2025 12:36  I'm pretty sure red barns weren't painted using cochineal pigments.

 

I'm pretty sure of that. Nor is "barn paint" used in the auto industry today.

My grandfather grew up mixing his own paint. Ingredients, as I recall: linseed oil, iron oxide, buttermilk (?), and lime.



Learned MANY years ago in school that buttermilk helped give the first barns their red color. Barn red is not a bright red.
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