Why is the paint industry so resistant to using linseed oil paints?
When modern paint manufacturers try to handle an organic, living material like linseed oil according to the same production principles used in producing cheap, chemical-based paints, the results are disappointing. Over the last 50 years, the handful of paint companies that have become dominant in the industry, instead, prefer to push Alkyd and Acrylic, water-based (plastic) paints on consumers. The industry has developed a very successful advertising and marketing campaign behind chemical-based, plastic paint. Since paint dealers today are usually brand-bound, they find it difficult to market alternative products like organic linseed paint. Until homeowners become more educated about the danger of chemical based paints and their very limited durability and demand organic, solvent free paints, the market will not change. Return to FAQ.
