Old Village Paint

AUTHENTIC COLOURS crafted by masters of 18th and 19th Century color fidelity - fifth generation paintmakers. The Old Village paint craftsmen create the authentic colors that simply cannot be matched by a mass production process or by guessing and mixing. Old Village Paints are of superb quality, using natural earth pigments from around the world, as well as the heartland of America.


OLD VILLAGE PAINTS capture the charm and character of Colonial, Federal and Victorian periods. Perfect for furniture, walls, decorative accents, interior and exterior woodwork. Easy to use. Soft-sheen velvety finish. Old Village Paints are available in your choice of latex, oil-base, buttermilk formulations or paste stains. The Old Village Colour Craftsmen are honored with the opportunity to make paint for many of America's most distinguished institutions. Old Village Paints offer to the architect, decorator, and home owner a series of authentic colors representative of those used in colonial America. They are formulated for use either inside or outside, over a great variety of substrates. Hiding level, durability, and application properties of Old Village Paints are of the highest order.

A sampling of prestigious facilities using Old Village Paint Colours:
  • The Hermitage - Nashville, Tennessee
  • Hammond-Harwood House - Annapolis, Maryland
  • Peter Wentz Farmstead - Worster, Pennsylvania
  • The Oliver Ellsworth Homestead - Windsor, Connecticut
  • Historic Deerfield - Deerfield, Massachusetts
  • The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation - Williamsburg, Virginia
  • Hope Lodge - Fort Washington, Pennsylvania
  • Pottsgrove Manor - Pottstown, Pennsylvania
  • The AVOCA Museum - Alta Vista, Virginia
  • Department of Congress Law Library - Washington, D.C
  • The Charles Carroll House - Annapolis, Maryland
  • Historic Rittenhouse Town - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania


Old Village® (#1200 & #1100)
  • 25 ready-mixed historic colours in oil base
  • Easy to use, goes on like butter
  • Low luster, satin sheen reproduces historic finishes
  • Suitable for both interior and exterior surfaces
  • Excellent wash-ability, adhesion, durability and colour retention
  • High pigment content provides excellent one-coat coverage

Uses:
Wood, plaster, properly prepared drywall, metals, decorative painting; brush, roller or spray application. May be thinned with mineral spirits.

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Old Village® Acrylic Latex (#1700)
  • 25 ready-mixed historic colours in water base plus 9 new Vintage Colours in water base
  • Soft satin sheen reproduces historic finishes
  • Ease of application; quick dry
  • 100% Acrylic Binder
  • Soap & water cleanup
  • Resists cracking, fading & peeling
  • Watch for new colour introductions

Uses:
All interior & exterior surfaces including masonry.

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Colonial Williamsburg Buttermilk® (#1500)
Old Village® Buttermilk (#1300)
  • 16 Williamsburg® paint colours found on furniture discovered in the Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Folk Art Collection owned by The Colonial Williamsburg® Foundation
  • 6 original Old Village® Buttermilk historic paint colours
  • Soft flat finish reproducing the finish of the original buttermilk paints
  • Water-base, requiring only soap & water cleanup
  • In areas of high wear, such as tabletops, a protective top coat of Clear Paste Glaze (#1400) is recommended

Uses:
Interior & Exterior surfaces such as furniture, walls and architecture. Also perfect for decorative painting such as folk art, stenciling, distressing, antiquing, graffito or scribing, dry brush graining, and other faux finishing techniques.

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Old Village® Graining & Glazing Liquids (#GL)
  • Jelly consistency good for holding designs
  • Available in dark red, dark blue, brown, black, white and Clear Paste Glaze #1400

Uses:
Interior applications over any Old Village© Paint for decorative effects such as wood graining, combing, sponging, rag-rolling, stippling, feathering, antiquing, etc.

Old Village® Paste Stain & Clear Glaze (#1400)
  • Available in 5 natural wood colours, white and clear
  • Recommended for interior and exterior use
  • White and clear may be tinted with Old Village® Oil Colours as well as artists oils
  • Jelly consistency
  • Polyurethane reinforcement provides protection without the yellowing
  • Oil-base with mineral spirits cleanup
  • Superior ease of application, simply rub on with #000 or #0000 steel wool in the direction of grain and wipe off

Uses:
Kitchen cabinets, paneling, furniture, wood decorative pieces, floors, etc. Darker colours can be sponged over to give a leather effect, or dry brushed for graining effects. Clear glaze can be used over any Old Village® Paint as a protective top coat. Clear and white paste can be tinted to create different colour glazes. One coat of paste stain provides a low-luster, hand-rubbed patina. subsequent coats provide greater depth of colour, greater surface protection and higher gloss. Paste stain can also be buffed or polished. White provides a beautiful bleached-wood or pickled effect.

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Old Village® Whitewash (#1600)
  • Duplicates the rough-textured finish of whitewash
  • 100% acrylic water-base
  • Soap and water cleanup

Uses:
Excellent for interior and exterior use. Walls, ceilings, fences and more.

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Old Village® All Cracked Up Crackle Vehicle
  • For acrylic painting, aging and crackling
  • New pale and transparent formula
  • Water based and non-toxic

Uses:
Crackle Decorating for Antique finishes is the newly rediscovered, and today's fastest growing, folk art technique. Crackling is accomplished in three basic steps.

1. Apply a coat of flat latex paint
2. Apply All Cracked up crackle medium
3. Apply a coat of latex paint.
The top coat will "crackle," revealing the first coat, producing the effect of successive layers of aged paint. Express your expertise on furniture, woodwork, almost any article that strikes your fancy.