{"id":10740,"date":"2022-07-19T08:11:54","date_gmt":"2022-07-19T12:11:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/?p=10740"},"modified":"2022-07-19T08:12:00","modified_gmt":"2022-07-19T12:12:00","slug":"lead-white-roundup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/2022\/07\/lead-white-roundup\/","title":{"rendered":"Lead white roundup"},"content":{"rendered":"

I am testing the excellent Michael Harding brand Cremitz white. It really is good stuff. Along with Kremer’s Cremitz white, it’s among the best lead whites that I’ve used. Of course, the lead whites from all the manufacturers still providing the all-important paint are excellent. By the last count, there are eight art supply manufacturers offering lead white today. I’ve used them all.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As all painters know, since the EU regulated lead-based paints, the number of suppliers has fallen as the prices have skyrocketed. In this post, I provide a summary of the remaining lead paint suppliers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Read more<\/span>In the Studio Oct. 14 2012<\/span><\/a><\/div>

Before I do, here’s a photo of this morning’s palette with the piles of Harding Cremitz white in the middle. I used the paint all over my unfinished painting, White Balloon<\/em>. This paint handles like a dream.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"\"<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

All of these are excellent, professional-level paint. While the more expensive brands on this list might be slightly better than the reasonably-priced brands, none of them are twice as good let alone four times better in the case of Old Holland. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Read more<\/span>Stephen Pentak at Bonfoey<\/span><\/a><\/div>

Today, besides the 40ml tube of Michael Harding that I’m testing, my paint drawer is filled with RGH and Blue Ridge.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Supplier<\/strong><\/td>Size<\/strong><\/td>Price<\/strong><\/td>Notes<\/strong><\/td><\/tr>
Old Holland<\/td>225ml tube<\/td>$240<\/td>Cold-pressed linseed oil binder.<\/td><\/tr>
Blockx<\/td>200ml tube<\/td>$118<\/td>Poppyseed oil binder.<\/td><\/tr>
Michael Harding<\/td>225ml tube<\/td>$115<\/td>Choice of linseed or walnut binder.<\/td><\/tr>
Rublev<\/td>150ml tube<\/td>$115<\/td>Wide variety of lead whites.<\/td><\/tr>
Kremer<\/td>250ml jar<\/td>$199<\/td>Choice of linseed or walnut binder.<\/td><\/tr>
Doak<\/td>150ml tube<\/td>$50<\/td>Good stuff.<\/td><\/tr>
RGH<\/td>250ml jar<\/td>$65<\/td>Offers a variety of lead whites and binders.<\/td><\/tr>
Blue Ridge<\/td>150ml tube<\/td>$45<\/td>Basic lead carbonate. Walnut and safflower binder.<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

When I have a little extra money (inside joke), I might buy a tube of Harding white. Otherwise, I’ll stick with my guys RGH, Doak, and Blue Ridge. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Read more<\/span>Cleveland Museum of Art Staff Exhibition<\/span><\/a><\/div>

As regular readers know, I refuse to buy Old Holland white. Doesn’t Hunter Biden use Old Holland exclusively?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Read more<\/span>In the Studio—10\/28\/12<\/span><\/a><\/div>

<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I am testing the excellent Michael Harding brand Cremitz white. It really is good stuff. Along with Kremer’s Cremitz white, it’s among the best lead whites that I’ve used. Of course, the lead whites from all the manufacturers still providing the all-important paint are excellent. By the last count, there are eight art supply manufacturers […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":61,"featured_media":10738,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[208,46,1],"tags":[477,299],"class_list":["post-10740","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-materials","category-reviews","category-uncategorized","tag-lead-white","tag-oil-paint-brands"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/harding2.gif?fit=1000%2C1114&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":13574,"url":"https:\/\/thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/2024\/06\/rgh-vs-harding\/","url_meta":{"origin":10740,"position":0},"title":"RGH vs Harding","author":"Tom Hudson","date":"June 12, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"Readers know about my obsession with The Great White--flake (lead) white paint. This all-important color is getting harder to find because some manufacturers stopped making it due to misguided health concerns and regulations. I've discussed the merits of lead white several times on this blog so I won't repeat myself\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "materials"","block_context":{"text":"materials","link":"https:\/\/thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/category\/materials\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/rgh-vs-hard1.jpg?fit=800%2C750&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/rgh-vs-hard1.jpg?fit=800%2C750&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/rgh-vs-hard1.jpg?fit=800%2C750&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/rgh-vs-hard1.jpg?fit=800%2C750&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":13869,"url":"https:\/\/thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/2025\/02\/review-rublev-paint\/","url_meta":{"origin":10740,"position":1},"title":"Review: Rublev paint","author":"Tom Hudson","date":"February 7, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"Rublev oil paint is excellent. Along with Harding, they are my choice for high-end oil paint. I've used Rublev oils frequently but only recently moved them into the top tier on my Oil Paint Brand Reference. I used some of their excellent lead whites over the past month and realized\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "materials"","block_context":{"text":"materials","link":"https:\/\/thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/category\/materials\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/rublev-2.jpg?fit=800%2C454&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/rublev-2.jpg?fit=800%2C454&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/rublev-2.jpg?fit=800%2C454&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/rublev-2.jpg?fit=800%2C454&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":10820,"url":"https:\/\/thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/2022\/08\/titanium-white\/","url_meta":{"origin":10740,"position":2},"title":"Titanium white","author":"Tom Hudson","date":"August 5, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"In the past, I trolled titanium white users--zinc white users too. These whites, inferior as they are, provide the only competition for the champion of oil-paint white, lead white. Actually, it isn't even a contest; lead white wins easily on every metric that matters: blending, body, and all-around handling. Titanium\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "materials"","block_context":{"text":"materials","link":"https:\/\/thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/category\/materials\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/ti-white1.jpg?fit=800%2C467&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/ti-white1.jpg?fit=800%2C467&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/ti-white1.jpg?fit=800%2C467&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/ti-white1.jpg?fit=800%2C467&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":3087,"url":"https:\/\/thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/2014\/02\/in-the-studio-21614\/","url_meta":{"origin":10740,"position":3},"title":"In the studio 2\/16\/14","author":"Tom Hudson","date":"February 16, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"Here is recent work. The lower painting is from something I saw earlier this winter during my last trip to New York. In the upper painting, \"Whispers,\" I am using zinc white. Lead white is my preferred white but it is getting scarce and expensive. A 225ml tube of Old\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Bio"","block_context":{"text":"Bio","link":"https:\/\/thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/category\/bio\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/studio-2-16-2014.jpg?fit=444%2C752&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":12234,"url":"https:\/\/thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/2023\/03\/titanium-white-sucks\/","url_meta":{"origin":10740,"position":4},"title":"Titanium white sucks","author":"Tom Hudson","date":"March 12, 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"I take back all the nice things I said about titanium white. I was never a fan of titanium white but after trying some of Michael Hading's versions of the color, warm white and unbleached white, I decided to give it another chance. My preferred white, flake white, is orders\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "materials"","block_context":{"text":"materials","link":"https:\/\/thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/category\/materials\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/zzztit2.jpg?fit=800%2C393&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/zzztit2.jpg?fit=800%2C393&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/zzztit2.jpg?fit=800%2C393&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/zzztit2.jpg?fit=800%2C393&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":8804,"url":"https:\/\/thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/2020\/05\/rgh-vs-utrecht\/","url_meta":{"origin":10740,"position":5},"title":"RGH vs Utrecht","author":"Tom Hudson","date":"May 17, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"A reader asks wether I prefer Utrecht flake white or RGH's. To answer the question directly: I prefer Utrecht (barely). Utrecht covers better and has more body. To demonstrate this, I share a simple side-by-side comparison. (Note: I currently have some of RGH's extra fine white. The extra-fine paint is\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Grumpy review"","block_context":{"text":"Grumpy review","link":"https:\/\/thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/category\/grumpy-review\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/rgh-vs-ut-2.png?fit=800%2C546&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/rgh-vs-ut-2.png?fit=800%2C546&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/rgh-vs-ut-2.png?fit=800%2C546&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/rgh-vs-ut-2.png?fit=800%2C546&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]}],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2Gw6F-2Ne","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10740","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/61"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10740"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10740\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10744,"href":"https:\/\/thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10740\/revisions\/10744"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10738"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10740"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10740"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10740"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}