{"id":4884,"date":"2015-03-22T07:40:53","date_gmt":"2015-03-22T11:40:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/?p=4884"},"modified":"2015-03-22T07:40:53","modified_gmt":"2015-03-22T11:40:53","slug":"rgh-review-updated","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/2015\/03\/rgh-review-updated\/","title":{"rendered":"RGH review updated"},"content":{"rendered":"

After several orders from RGH, I downgraded my rating to Quality: B<\/strong> (from A-). I modified my initial rating on my Oil Brand Reference<\/a> but neglected to update the review<\/a>. The reason for the downgrade is the cheap jars RGH uses for some of their colors. Their jars render the fast-drying colors, like the all-important lead white, useless because the colors dry too fast. I lost half of a 250 ml jar even after spraying the paint with water. I will not buy any more lead white from RGH until they use tubes for all colors and sizes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

After several orders from RGH, I downgraded my rating to Quality: B (from A-). I modified my initial rating on my Oil Brand Reference but neglected to update the review. The reason for the downgrade is the cheap jars RGH uses for some of their colors. Their jars render the fast-drying colors, like the all-important lead white, useless […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":61,"featured_media":0,"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":[208,46,24],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4884","post","type-post","status-publish","format-status","hentry","category-materials","category-reviews","category-shop_talk","post_format-post-format-status"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":3591,"url":"https:\/\/thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/2014\/05\/review-rgh-oil-paint\/","url_meta":{"origin":4884,"position":0},"title":"Review: RGH Oil Paint","author":"Tom Hudson","date":"May 4, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"RGH Oils is a small manufacturer that promotes its wide-range of lead-based whites. 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