{"id":5750,"date":"2016-01-31T14:22:57","date_gmt":"2016-01-31T19:22:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/?p=5750"},"modified":"2016-01-31T14:22:57","modified_gmt":"2016-01-31T19:22:57","slug":"oil-paint-brand-update-grumbacher","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/2016\/01\/oil-paint-brand-update-grumbacher\/","title":{"rendered":"Oil paint brand update: Grumbacher"},"content":{"rendered":"

I didn’t rate Grumbacher Pre-tested paints when I created its entry in my Oil Paint Brand reference<\/a>. I associate Grumbacher with my impoverished student days and hadn’t used their paints in years, so I couldn’t rate the brand.<\/p>\n

I recently bought several tubes and tried them. My memory proved to be right. Grumbacher is a high-end student grade paint, inferior to good mid-range paints like Winsor-Newton, RGH, and Blue Ridge.<\/p>\n

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Grumbacher cobalt blue<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
Read more<\/span>Smooth Move—Smooth Painting Surfaces<\/span><\/a><\/div>

Similar to Rembrandt paints, Grumbacher paints have a high ratio of filler to pigment. If you mix a Grumbacher color with, say, Old Holland, you need a lot of the Grumbacher as you would expect. Grumbacher paints handle OK but cover poorly. None of the tubes I tried–cobalt blue and cadmimum red medium–were runny, which is good.<\/p>\n

My tube of cobalt blue was punctured when I received it from Cheap Joe’s (I use Cheap Joe’s infrequently), as you can see in the photo.<\/p>\n

Read more<\/span>Oil Paint Brand Ratings<\/span><\/a><\/div>

In Grumbacher’s literature they state that they’ve reconfigured the cadmiums, as if that was a good thing. I assume that means they’ve substituted cheaper pigments, which is what there prices suggest.<\/p>\n

Another strike against them is that they do not provide lead white. This is a serious deficiency.<\/p>\n

Read more<\/span>White Paint--in Praise of Lead<\/span><\/a><\/div>

The best thing about Grumbacher paints is their price. After these tubes are used, I will not be buying any more paint from Grumbacher.<\/p>\n

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Read more<\/span>Love Everything About It<\/span><\/a><\/div>

Performance: C-<\/p>\n

Costs: B+.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I didn’t rate Grumbacher Pre-tested paints when I created its entry in my Oil Paint Brand reference. I associate Grumbacher with my impoverished student days and hadn’t used their paints in years, so I couldn’t rate the brand. I recently bought several tubes and tried them. My memory proved to be right. 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