EBNP_Impact_Report_2023-2024 (11.06.26) - Flipbook - Page 5
1100s
1800s
1930s
Traditional Paint Ingredients
Industrialisation
Petrochemical Paints
Around the 12th century, linseed
oil became the go-to for binding
paint, and later, turpentine was
used as a solvent. For centuries,
artists and house painters used
similar paints and varnishes and
the durability of these traditional
formulas is why so much historic
work survives today.
In the 1800s, paint-making
became industrialised and by
1866, the 昀椀rst ready-mixed paint
was produced by the world’s
largest paint maker, SherwinWilliams.
By 1934, chemists at the German
company BASF had developed
acrylic resins from crude oil
derivatives, suitable for use in
paint, leading to the production
of early dispersion paints or what
we recognise today as modern
household emulsion.
