TREE LICHEN – a beautiful grey green that’s a natural heritage tone, suiting exterior and interior spaces. Inspired by the lichen found on trees with their fascinating structures and silvery grey green colours. Apparently the pure air in the southwest of England creates the perfect environment for lichen to thrive and is a great place to spot them.
It’s easy to transform and protect any timber surface with Thorndown Tree Lichen Wood Paint, allowing you to be as creative as you like with it. Whether you paint straight from the tin, choose to mix colours or dilute it for a stain effect, we just want it to be fun. But remember not to reward yourself with a cider until the painting is done.
Use indoor or outdoor:
- Eco based – water-based eco product with minimal VOC (Volatile Organic Compounds) at 0.28%
- Satin finish with a soft sheen
- Made with architectural exterior-grade VOC free colour pigments with long-lasting UV protection
- Great core colour range – 48 heritage and modern colours + UV Clear
- Transparent wood colours
- Somerset Heritage Colour Collection with 24 natural countryside tones
- 1800 RAL Classic and Design colours available
- One wood paint product for any timber application; interior, exterior, softwood & hardwood
- Opaque and semi opaque paint colours
- UV Clear with added UV blocking protection to keep wood looking good longer
- Grain visible with a delicate and beautiful satin finish
- Mix colours together easily to create your own shades
- Very strong bond with timber
- Contains flash rust protection to stop rust from forming on metal and staining the wood paint coating, as of April 2022
- Coats metal, masonry, terracotta and plastic including uPVC window frames
- Water repellent, micro-porous, and frost resistant
- Mix with UV Clear to make more transparent or dilute with water (up to 50%) for a wood stain effect
- Strong resistance to UV degradation and colour fade – strong external grade colours
- External Wood Paint – the best for painting doors, windows, cladding, decks, sheds, cabins, trellis and fences
- Internal Wood Paint – create cool makeovers for doors, floors, windows and furniture.
- Soft Silvery Grey – Green Wood Paint
Delivery & Returns
We aim to deliver next working day and always within 3 working days from receipt of order, however orders received before midday are usually sent on the same day and delivered direct to your door the next working day! Sample tins and craft packs are usually sent out by Royal Mail 48hr small parcel service as it has the lowest carbon footprint and environmental impact. Please contact the office on 01458 258588 or studio@thorndown.co.uk if you need it on a 24hr service. We use a trusted professional courier service for all other deliveries.
Notes can be left with deliveries for directions to leave packages safely if you are not in and if you have any particularly urgent or specific instructions please contact us - we're confident we can sort it out.
Please follow this link to visit the Delivery & Returns page for full information. Recommended final order and delivery dates around bank holidays and other events can be found on the homepage of the website and also notified during the basket and checkout process.
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder
and so is colour.
We all see and interpret colour slightly differently to each other, as do our computer/phone/tablet screens, graphics software and printers that we use.
The colour swatches you see on screen and on a printed colour chart are designed as a guide. The exact and final colour/hue that you see painted up at home will look slightly different depending on the material you paint it onto and the lighting. Although the paint colour will be exactly the same, the colour you see can be affected by light absorption or reflection of surfaces.
For example, the hue of a colour painted onto new smooth timber can look slightly different if painted on rough sawn timber, as rough sawn timber absorbs more light giving less of a sheen so it can look more matt and darker. If you paint up a wooden planter the colour can look different depending on the lighting and where you put it in the garden.
We always recommend trying a small sample tin of paint at home, where it's going to end up.
Our colours are made precisely using a technically engineered colour system ensuring continuity of colour throughout batches. However, as with all paints it is good practice to make sure the final paint coating all comes out of the same paint tin.
Paint Ranges
Many colours are replicated throughout and across the paint ranges so that you can paint the same beautiful colours on your walls, windows and woodwork. Although they have been carefully created so that all colours are the same, there may be slight variations between the paint ranges, as the different finishes can create a slightly different hue.
For instance, Wood Paint has a satin finish so the soft sheen makes light reflect differently than with the flat matt finish of Wall Paint, where sometimes colours can appear a little darker. Peelable Glass Paint is made entirely from the 100% recycled plastics resin that we use throughout our paint ranges and this unique paint can also affect the colour you see with the way the light reacts to the sheen of the coating, especially as light will be passing through the coloured coating on windows.
Colour Charts
Colour swatches on our paint colour charts have been painstakingly colour corrected so that the printed colour matches the painted colour as closely as possible. However, it is impossible to precisely match the colours for many reasons, as explained in full on our Colour Disclaimer.
Colour Labels
The printing process also means that although we have done all that we can to get colour labels as close to the dry paint colour coating as possible, printed colour labels won't always show you the exact paint colour.
Liquid Paint
The colour of liquid paint is lighter than that seen when the paint has dried and formed a coating.
Each coat of paint that you apply will also make the coloured coating slightly darker. Colour swatches are based on two coats of paint that has dried into a coating.
Samples
We would always recommend trying a sample pot at home and in the area or on the object that you want to paint. Sample tins are available to buy as a size option for all paint ranges in the shop.
For full product information and application advice please follow this link to Advice – Wood Paint. Below is a short summary.
- Water-based eco paint with satin finish
- Coverage – approx. 6m2 per litre on rough sawn and 12m2 per litre on smooth/planed wood
- Shake & Stir thoroughly before use for minimum 1 minute, and stir during use with a wide surface stirring implement, not stick as too thin to stir properly
- Protect clothing as paint will stain
- No need for primer unless applying to an oily surface or hardwood, metal or uPVC.
Stain-blocking primer recommended to stop possible resin bleed or tannin stains on the coating with lighter shades
- Apply to clean, dry, sound surface
- Use synthetic brush, roller or sprayer
- Avoid the rain – allow approx. 24 hours drying time on second coats before exposing to rain or high levels of humidity
- Touch-dry in under an hour in fine weather. Can overcoat after approx. 1-2 hours in normal conditions. Drying time extended by cold or damp conditions
- Two coats recommended for full exterior protection. Some light colours can be enhanced with a third coat
- Clean wet equipment with water and a spot of detergent if required. Don’t allow paint to dry in sprayer nozzles
- Dispose of responsibly. Empty tins are fully recyclable and most local authorities can dispose of leftover paint
