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<\/a><\/p>\nThe wood appears to be a slow grown softwood similar to Scandinavian redwood.\u00a0 The finish is generally very well preserved without UV damage which suggests it was painted from new.<\/p>\n
The first 3 coats of paint were linseed which has preserved the wood perfectly under the later coats of horrid cracking modern paints.<\/p>\n
Photos of the original paint finish are only available in black and white.\u00a0 Most of the original paint has been stripped previously, but there is some left higher up the building. The white was the original finish to the windows.\u00a0 It was a linseed oil paint with a lead pigment.\u00a0 The next coat was green.<\/p>\n The rest of the timber was also re-painted green but below that is a very thin mid brown coating with the grain of the wood visible through the pigment.\u00a0 Below that (and visible through the brown) are brush marks and I wonder if they aren’t a faux wood grain.\u00a0 It is possible the original finish was linseed paint with a brown pigment and a wood grain effect to make the softwood look like hardwood.<\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n