{"id":498,"date":"2016-02-12T12:13:43","date_gmt":"2016-02-12T12:13:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shaunbelcher.com\/canvas\/?p=498"},"modified":"2016-06-07T15:53:52","modified_gmt":"2016-06-07T15:53:52","slug":"old-paint-20-years-in-a-shed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shaunbelcher.com\/canvas\/?p=498","title":{"rendered":"Old Spectrum Paint – 20 years in a shed…"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Old paint never dies….<\/p>\n

In 1993 I was back home in Didcot, Oxfordshire and a musician friend Pete Astor who I had done record covers for commissioned a wall hanging.<\/p>\n

He gave me a \u00a3100 and I said I would put in to materials\u2026it was a friend\u2019s gesture of support as I was on the dole at the time.<\/p>\n

I bought the paint tins from Atlantis in London. I painted the canvas for him then\u2026<\/p>\n

I met a Spanish lady and we ran off to Edinburgh and the paints were placed in a suitcase in my father\u2019s shed.<\/p>\n

In 2013 I was clearing the shed following my parent\u2019s deaths and the sale of their house.<\/p>\n

I took the suitcase and this week opened them again for first time worried they would be dried out as had rusted over the years.<\/p>\n

As can be seen from the photos the\u00a0paint is still\u00a0in perfect condition\u2026.I start painting in oil again next week\u2026I been using acrylic for last few years….<\/p>\n

Linseed oil smells great \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n