Pammastic
Household > Painting, Decorating
3 CommentsYear: 1955
Item #: 995
Source: Picture Post. February 12, 1955
Still have a empty 2 gallon can in my shed that my father retained from his days as a painter & decorator in South Australia in the 1950's.
My first job was for a rural based builder in 1964.
I remember Blundell's pammastic paint very well and if I remember correctly it came in 1 gallon tins.
Quite frequently it was called "colourwash".My employer believed in getting value for money and would never use the paint without "watering it down."
I well remember on one occasion, him complaining that it took five coats of "Blundell's pammastic" to cover fresh plastered walls; even at the age of fifteen, I thought to myself " well, if you hadn't watered down so much, it wouldn't have taken five coats" but of course, I and everybody else would have never said so.
Happy memories (mostly)
Philip Westwood, Cleobury Mortimer, Shropshire.
I worked for a hardware / ironmongers in the city of London. In the 50s I used to collect Pammel & Pammastic paint from a warehouse in Upper Thames st.I retired after 43yrs. With my company.in my Position is a cylindrical tool pack,given by a Blundell Spence rep. In1957/8 .The paints were the best you could buy .are they still made? Yours B J H..