Ripolin

[Sreiko]

Ripolin was in use on the French WW1 camouflage and this was add to the paint which was to be apply over wood or metal. Any more info about this material?

[Troy Raines]

I believe Ripolin to be a brand name for a paint manufacturer. The paints had good anti-corrosive properties, that's about all I know. Hope it helps.

[Sreiko]

Yes thank you. First small step to the truth

[gilles]

Hello

Yes, Ripolin is a brand name. It still exists but at the beginning of the 20th century it was famous for its high quality enamel lacquer paint. I remember one of my grandfather (born 1901) using the verb ripoliner whenever painting with lacquer.
I have found that it was made by a dutchman called Riep.
Here is a quote that could explain better what was Ripolin (from http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/mome/hd_mome.htm

Plastics as Paint

In the early twentieth century, hard plastic materials were also chemically manipulated to create paints and coatings. The industrial demand was great and the scarcity of raw materials made synthetic alternatives very attractive. Early synthetic paints were made from either cellulose nitrate or by adding alkyds to traditional oil paints. These new paints are often called lacquer or enamel. Ripolin was one of the first brands of these synthetic paints and was used by Pablo Picasso (1996.403.1). These paints had faster drying times than traditional oil paint and could be used with oil and oil mixtures. At the time, this was important to the paint industry and artists alike. Painters knew how to work with oil paints and could predict their behavior. A synthetic paint that could simulate oil was a selling point during the early development of plastic paints.

gilles

[Sreiko]

Very impressive link. I always thoght that this early color for the French plane was similar to those use for nail painting [like Revlon ]