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Paint Schedule
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Exterior
Basic exterior colors - 
Blue:Front door exterior - Benjamin Moore alkyd High Gloss Impervo "PV-107" Garage (exterior) steel columns and I-beams - California House 218-20 "Palladium Gray" Photo of can West-side clapboard - California House 218-20 "Palladium Gray" Garage doors - Original finish is mix of boiled linseed oil, roofing tar, creosote, thinner, and painter's chuckle; maintained with regular applications of boiled linseed oil Interior - Ben Moore alkyd Impervo "BT-10" Interior oak trim - EF (Environment Friendly) Brown Mahogany, topped with Formsby's Tung Oil and then Butcher's Wax June, 2015 - exterior of garage doors darkened with a stain created with Ronan japan colors —a good glob of Burnt Umber and a dollop of Refined Lampblack— and paint thinner (before a rub of diluted boiled linseed oil) Street-level oak door - Same as exterior of above Steel frame of same - - Benjamin Moore alkyd High Gloss Impervo "PV-107" Garden shed face - Cabot #0241 Bleaching Oil Interior Tin ceiling backsides - Rustoleum Clean Metal Primer 7773 Tin ceilings of foyer and office primer - Muralo Acrylic Latex Galvanized Metal Primer 1874 Photo of label Foyer and office (office in shop) ceilings - Benjamin Moore Satin Impervo alkyd "BT-10" Steel doors primary color - Ben Moore Alkyd Impervo "BT-10" Steel doors accent color - Ben Moore Alkyd Impervo B-36 KX-36 (X22) -refers to mix, not color number (This color varies over time, with recoats, because of unavailability of matches.) Oak woodwork throughout most of house - First step: Ben Moore Interior Stain "237 61 - Victorian Oak" Photo of can. (This thick, oil-based stain is no longer available, probably best matched by finding the right mix of tints to add to boiled linseed oil.) Second step: Formsby's Low Gloss Tung Oil applied twice and then buffed with #0000 steel wool Third step: Butcher's Wax (and regularly maintained with Butcher's Wax) Panelling in stairwell - second and third of steps above (no stain) Living room (barrel vaulted) ceiling - Ben Moore alkyd Impervo PV-107 Stairwell ceiling - hand mix of Ben Moore Sani-Flat (flat alkyd) Baseboard heaters in dining room - Ben Moore High Gloss alkyd Impervo "Black Walnut" Baseboard heaters in greenhouse - Ben Moore Ironclad Retardo "Deep Bronze Tone" (This is the stuff designed to match the ubiquitous finish on aluminum-framed sashes and other glass structures.) Dining room walls - Ben Moore Calcomine Recoater (flat white alkyd paint) "HC-33 - Montgomery White" Hall (back room between kitchen and dining room) ceiling - Panelling is stripped and left without any finish besides the residual varnish left by the stripping process Hall blue - originally Ben Moore Sani-Flat (alkyd flat) #4 204 94 Deep Blue (custom match color) Bedroom ceiling - Ben Moore Sani-Flat (flat oil) "OW-48" Greenhouse apothecary cabinet new parts - Bartley "Jet Mahogany" Steel struts of studio - General Coatings ( a California brand?) Modified Epoxy Super Enamel (alkyd) "040 - Steel Gray" Shop Elm Street Ironworks Shop Color: Hunter Green Machinery / Heavy Metal - Rustoleum (alkyd) High Gloss "Hunter Green" (Where machinery is black, it's the same paint in high-gloss black) Ceilings - Wilbur & Williams (bought from California Paints) Styrenated Alkyd TOTRUST Instant Dry High-Gloss "WW1565 Machine Yellow" Elevated section of ceiling (above Bridgeport) is Semi-Gloss Shop vestibule platform - California AllFlor Light Gray Colt-Baxter steam engine accent red - PPG MAEC-Q MAE 4273C "Radiant Fire Red" Color code: "R87" (from 1999 Dodge Avenger) bought at Stone Auto Body Supply 174 Arlington St. Watertown 617-924-8900 Marine fire control steam engine - Benjamin Moore Ironclad (alkyd) Quick Dry Industrial Enamel "071 21 - Safety Red" WWII maple military cabinet pictured here - boiled linseed oil Patio furniture (tops stained 2012) Zar Oil-Based Wood Stain 118 Dark Mahogany Preserved with boiled linseed oil |
