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Home<\/a><\/span> \/<\/span> Swedish red paint | Falu red | The original Swedish wood paint<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n\n

Swedish red paint | Falu red | The original Swedish wood paint<\/h1>\n\n

Swedish red, also known as Falu red, has been a consistent symbol for Sweden. This typical color has been used for centuries on the wooden houses in the many natural areas in this beautiful country. Moose F\u00e4rg brings the original Falu Red to Europe, complete with all its unique properties. This completely matt paint is made as much as possible from natural, renewable raw materials and colored by earth pigments. A wood paint that not only colors your wood so characteristically, but lets it breathe and optimally protects it.<\/p>\n\n

Read all about the original color, the history and the Swedish red paints on this page. You can also order Swedish red paint directly:<\/p><\/div>\n\n

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Original Swedish Red wood paint<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div><\/div>\n\n
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What’s the origin of the Swedish red color?<\/h2>

This characteristic paint gets its color from the earth pigments that come from the mines in Sweden. It is actually a by-product of copper ore mining. This releases iron hydroxide, which originally has a yellow color. When this iron hydroxide oxidizes it gets the typical red color. Swedish red is actually iron oxide, or: rust! This gives a very unique, special red color.<\/p>

Swedish red is a completely matte, living color. With different types of light it looks slightly different, an effect that’s also called metamery. In humid weather and low light it is almost dark red, while in the sun the orange comes out better. This is due to the earth pigment, which has a very special effect.<\/p>

The falur\u00f6df\u00e4rg in Sweden contains lead and is therefore strictly monitored in the EU. Moose F\u00e4rg’s imports Falu R\u00f6d from Sweden, guaranteed without heavy metals and completely lead-free.<\/p>

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Red earth pigments (iron 2 oxide)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n
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Applying swedish red paint<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/figure>

An age-old recipe turned into a modern paint<\/h2>\n\n

The age-old recipe of Swedish paint was improved and is well suited to our current standards in sustainability, environmental friendliness and ease of use. The paint is mainly used to provide wooden fences, facades, homes, fences and barns with a beautiful red color.<\/p>\n\n

In Sweden, many people still make their own paint or varnish for wood. Paint is an important subject in the pub as everyone has a wooden house and therefore has experience with paints.<\/p>\n\n

Moose F\u00e4rg has 4 types of paint in the color Swedish red. The paint types all have their own applicability.<\/p><\/div>

Moose S<\/a>: for rough, untreated wood<\/h3>

Moose S is most comparable to the ancient slamf\u00e4rg<\/em> or cooking paint. An age-old recipe and with a traditional preparation method, consisting of natural and renewable raw materials, such as boiled linseed oil, wheat and rye flour. And those unique Swedish red earth pigments of course. The paint absorbs into the wood and is vapor permeable so that the wood can continue to breathe.<\/p>\n\n

This paint is only suitable for completely untreated, raw wood and is available in the original colors Swedish red (Falu R\u00f6d) and deep black (Vasa Svart). So only choose Moose S if your wood is rough sawn and has not been previously painted, impregnated or otherwise processed.<\/p><\/div>\n\n