{"id":2948,"date":"2014-01-20T09:59:51","date_gmt":"2014-01-20T14:59:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/?p=2948"},"modified":"2014-01-20T09:59:51","modified_gmt":"2014-01-20T14:59:51","slug":"oil-paint-brands-update","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/2014\/01\/oil-paint-brands-update\/","title":{"rendered":"Oil Paint Brands Update"},"content":{"rendered":"

I updated the oil paint brand list<\/a> with information about the binders used by some manufacturers (Blockx, Old Holland, Michael Hadring, Blue Ridge, and Holbein). I also downgraded my ratings for Blue Ridge. I prefer cold-pressed linseed to alkali refined method they use. They also use a blend of walnut and linseed oils. Finally, I’ve used paint from Michael Harding (ultramarine blue) which seems very good, but I haven’t used it enough to rate it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I updated the oil paint brand list with information about the binders used by some manufacturers (Blockx, Old Holland, Michael Hadring, Blue Ridge, and Holbein). I also downgraded my ratings for Blue Ridge. I prefer cold-pressed linseed to alkali refined method they use. They also use a blend of walnut and linseed oils. Finally, I’ve […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":61,"featured_media":576,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"status","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":[24,160,113,1],"tags":[99],"class_list":["post-2948","post","type-post","status-publish","format-status","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-shop_talk","category-thomasparkerhudson-com","category-tips_tricks","category-uncategorized","tag-oil-paint","post_format-post-format-status"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/paint2.jpg?fit=600%2C450&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":10740,"url":"https:\/\/thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/2022\/07\/lead-white-roundup\/","url_meta":{"origin":2948,"position":0},"title":"Lead white roundup","author":"Tom Hudson","date":"July 19, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"I am testing the excellent Michael Harding brand Cremitz white. 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