FLOUR PAINT - for wood

Flour Paint, also known as “Swedish paint”, “Ochre paint” or “Wheat paint”, is a traditional paint made with flour, water, mineral pigments, black soap, linseed oil and iron sulphate.

Paint your next wood project naturally with our pre-measured flour paint kit!

FOR WOOD |  Exterior & Interior Use  

Flour Paint is economical, 100% natural and gives a matte, opaque appearance, while leaving the veins of the wood visible. It protects wood sustainably & naturally for up to 10 years.

Flour Paint works well on rough spruce and pine wood, and gives a rustic, matte look to exterior wood surfaces like picnic tables and barn walls. 

Tannin-rich woods, such as chestnut, oak, and some hard tropical woods, may show brown stains through the paint.

KIT INGREDIENTS: (makes 5 liters of paint, covers approx 15 m² | 150 sft one coat. 

•  Flour (260 gr) -  Provides adhesion
•  Pigment (1 kg) - Tints and smoothes paint
•  Linseed oil (400 ml) - Protects wood
•  Iron sulphate (100 gr) -  Acts as a fungicide
•  Black soap (40 ml) -  Provides texture and a pleasant smell of olive oil

 Add Water (3.2 liters) and follow the Recipe provided! 

COLOURATION:

We currently offer the flour paint kit in 5 different shades (see below). Note that the final colour will be darker than the colour of the pigment in powder form due to the linseed oil in the ingredient list.
To lighten a pigment, Titanium dioxide (the only synthetic pigment that can be used in flour paint) can be added in a 2% ratio to the ratio of pigment added in the recipe. This pigment should be mixed with the natural pigment powder in the proportions specified in the recipe. (For example, if adding 1kg of pigment to the flour paint mix ; a 2% ratio of titanium dioxide would be 20g of pigment).

You can also create your own colour with pigments available on our site, but be mindful to only use natural mineral pigments.  

Read more about Flour Paint in the blog post Here