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pumpkinpie | Why are barns and other farm buildings usually painted red? |
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Imaka
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Barns are red because a few hundred years ago farmers started painting their barns with a mixture of linseed oil, milk and lime to protect the wood. Then they added ferrous oxide, basically rust, to the mix to kill fungi and moss. The ferrous oxide turned the mixture red. Painting the barns with rusty paint was the best way to keep them strong and dry. This would have been more a burnt orange red than the fire engine red we see today. Red barns became a tradition. And that's why barns are red. |
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wildbill05733
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Red was the cheapest pigment. |
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princess_rose_marie
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to be easily spotted by planes ;. |
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allyalexmch
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They are easiest to see |
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oshnito
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Cheepest paint.
And also to repell the orc's and the stone trolls. |
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moneydudeguy
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Because red barns seem bigger than other just listen to
the word redin the words: Big Red Barn,I don't why but
it just seems right for some reason. |
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lizzzzie
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Ferric oxide (rust), a primary component of red paint, is inexpensive and originally this appealed to the thrifty farmers of New England and New York State. Red is the predominant barn color in that region. Natives of these areas were the early settlers of the Great Lakes states migrating there via the Erie Canal and the Lakes. The early settlers brought their red barn tradition (and thriftiness) with them, and this was followed by the later immigrants who came directly from Europe.
I have also heard that barns were originally painted red because back in pioneer days there wasn't much choice. Farmers used to make their own mixture, consisting of a nauseating blend of skim milk, lime, linseed oil, and iron oxide, better known as rust. "Hmm," said the anonymous inventor of this concoction, "this is not the milkshake I hoped it would be. But it might make a pretty good paint."
It was even so. The mixture hardened quickly and wore well. The red color was a side product of the iron oxide. After the advent of Sears Roebuck and modern factory-mixed paint, barns stayed red in order not to disappoint the tourists. |
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blondeguyinaustin
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Consensus is that they added rust to the wood sealant to keep mold and moss from growing on the wood. |
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Amy E
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Cheapest color paint. |
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A Curious Mind Wants To Know
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If you've ever driven through a rural area, it's likely that you've seen the red barns that speckle the farming landscape. There are several theories as to why barns are painted red.
Centuries ago, European farmers would seal the wood on their barns with an oil, often linseed oil -- a tawny-colored oil derived from the seed of the flax plant. They would paint their barns with a linseed-oil mixture, often consisting of additions such as milk and lime. The combination produced a long-lasting paint that dried and hardened quickly. (Today, linseed oil is sold in most home-improvement stores as a wood sealant.) Now, where does the red come from?
In historically accurate terms, "barn red" is not the bright, fire-engine red that we often see today, but more of a burnt-orange red. As to how the oil mixture became traditionally red, there are two predominant theories:
Wealthy farmers added blood from a recent slaughter to the oil mixture. As the paint dried, it turned from a bright red to a darker, burnt red.
Farmers added ferrous oxide, otherwise known as rust, to the oil mixture. Rust was plentiful on farms and is a poison to many fungi, including mold and moss, which were known to grown on barns. These fungi would trap moisture in the wood, increasing decay.
Regardless of how the farmer tinted his paint, having a red barn became a fashionable thing. They were a sharp contrast to the traditional white farmhouse.
As European settlers crossed over to America, they brought with them the tradition of red barns. In the mid to late 1800s, as paints began to be produced with chemical pigments, red paint was the most inexpensive to buy. Red was the color of favor until whitewash became cheaper, at which point white barns began to spring up.
Today, the color of barns can vary, often depending on what they are used for. I live in a Rural area in Colorado and I see all different colors of barns. But I must say the red ones are most appealing to the eye if you ask me. :) |
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d-man3347@sbcglobal.net
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a target for bulls |
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zeitlinfamily
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Ferric oxide (rust), a primary component of red paint, is inexpensive and originally this appealed to the thrifty farmers of New England and New York State. Red is the predominant barn color in that region. Natives of these areas were the early settlers of the Great Lakes states migrating there via the Erie Canal and the Lakes. The early settlers brought their red barn tradition (and thriftiness) with them, and this was followed by the later immigrants who came directly from Europe.
I have also heard that barns were originally painted red because back in pioneer days there wasn't much choice. Farmers used to make their own mixture, consisting of a nauseating blend of skim milk, lime, linseed oil, and iron oxide, better known as rust. "Hmm," said the anonymous inventor of this concoction, "this is not the milkshake I hoped it would be. But it might make a pretty good paint."
It was even so. The mixture hardened quickly and wore well. The red color was a side product of the iron oxide. After the advent of Sears Roebuck and modern factory-mixed paint, barns stayed red in order not to disappoint the tourists. |
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