Raw purified linseed oil paint for the win. If your area has wet and high humidity add 20% zinc white. Best paint ever. A lot of old wagons still have it on them. Henry Ford used it on tractors and undercarriages. A light coat of plain raw linseed oil over it every 15 years or so will keep it look’n like it was freshly painted. Best used with an “airverter” spray system, but a brush or roller works just as good.
For wood, a mix of raw linseed oil, beeswax and pine tar. Good shit, I use it on all my wood and leather works. Fuk all that better living through modern chemistry bullshit.
Is this in order of use? Would like to try it out
No, you mix them together. Look up boat wax online. Lots of different recipes out there now that it has been “rediscovered”. I like adding in the pine tar. Pine tar is a good wood preservative. Vikings if I recall correctly used this mix on their boats. The amount you add of it depends on how much you want it to tint. I generally shoot for equal parts each and try to get the consistency of Johnson’s Minwax. I discovered Solvent Free Paints makes a really good version of it and tried it about three years ago. A little pricey, but a lot less hassle and you don’t have to deal with inconsistencies resulting from varying grades of the three components and that’s why I said I shoot for. Making your own is old school fun though.
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