Collaboration with the Zaanse Schans

Our Dutch Linseed Oil is “pressed” from linseed in the oil mills of the Zaanse Schans.

A hundred years ago, flax was cultivated throughout the Netherlands. It was used to produce linen (fibre flax) and linseed oil. Nowadays, it's somewhat of a forgotten crop, and hardly appears in our fields anymore. We wondered why this was, so we started experimenting with cultivating our own flax. Well, of course, we don't actually do this ourselves. RvR Loonbedrijf from Hoofddorp sows and harvests the crops for us. We then take the yield to the Zaanse Schans, where professional millers press linseed oil from the linseed.

Before, the oil mills had to buy peanuts to keep this piece of world heritage up and running. Now, however, they have a commercial assignment from a Dutch Paint Factory.

In IJmuiden, we then use this Dutch linseed oil for our TOPLIN and ROYL products. We do so simply because we believe that this plant-based oil is still the best binding agent out there. As opposed to alkyd, linseed oil remains tough and elastic, and is still regularly found in centuries-old coats of paint.

Theme: Dutch Linseed Oil - bio-based materials - sustainability- sustainable paint - sustainable production