The preferred finish of one of our senior chemists, this exterior eggshell, opaque wood finish has excellent flow, giving a beautiful low sheen on woodwork and metalwork.

Tom's Oil Eggshell Overview:

Available in all colours

Benefits of Oil Based Exterior Eggshell paint

Hard-wearing Finish
Tom’s Oil Eggshell offers a traditional oil finish much loved by professional decorators. Its oil-based formulation makes it extremely practical and hard-wearing, offering a beautiful low sheen that is fully weather resistant.

Environmentally Friendly
The finish combines both traditional and cutting edge technology due to the replacement of mineral oils with sustainable alternatives. This ensures an eco-friendly product which is exceptionally long lasting.

Low Sheen Finish
The Little Greene ‘exterior family’ includes high-gloss paints for exterior woodwork and sumptuous matt finishes for brickwork and render. Tom’s Oil Eggshell sits somewhere in between, offering a washable surface and opaque colour, without an overt gloss.


Applying Tom’s Oil Eggshell
This oil-based paint will be surface dry in 2-3 hours but should be left for at least 16 hours before applying a second coat.

This charming, washable paint is suitable for use on both exterior woodwork and metalwork. It has been designed with efficiency in mind and is surface dry in 4 hours and can be recoated in just 16 hours.

Available in all Little Greene colours, Tom’s Oil Eggshell is perfect for livening up tired wood on potting sheds, exterior joinery, garden furniture, doors, window frames and even bird boxes.