If you have ever opened a tin of chalk paint only to use a small amount, wrestled with the lid when you want to add a little more to your palette, or ended up with dried paint crusting around the rim after a project, you already understand the problem that Squeeze & Paint solves.
Granny B's has just launched a new format for its Old Fashioned Paint that makes the whole process simpler, cleaner, and more convenient without changing a single thing about the paint itself. Same formula, same coverage, same results. Just a much easier way to get it out of the container and onto your project.
What Is Granny B's Squeeze & Paint?
Squeeze & Paint is Granny B's Old Fashioned chalk paint in a 250ml squeeze bottle. Instead of prying open a tin, you squeeze out exactly the amount of paint you need directly onto your palette or working surface. No mess around the rim, no dried paint on the lid, and no wasted paint from overpouring.
The bottles are also significantly easier to store between projects than open tins. The nozzle seals the paint away from air exposure, which keeps the paint fresher for longer and reduces the frustrating experience of returning to a partially used tin to find the surface has skinned over.
The paint inside the bottle is identical to the Granny B's Old Fashioned Paint you already know. It adheres to wood, MDF, melamine, fabric, terracotta, glass, and most other paintable surfaces with minimal preparation, dries to a beautiful matte chalk finish, and seals with the same Granny B's sealers and waxes you use on any other chalk paint project.
What Comes in the Primary Colours Pack
The Granny B's Squeeze & Paint Primary Colours pack contains five 250ml squeeze bottles giving you a total of 1.25 litres of chalk paint across five of Granny B's most popular colours.
Red Heart Love is a rich, confident red that works beautifully as a statement colour on accent pieces, plant pots, and decorative items. It is bold enough to make an impact on its own and saturated enough to mix into other colours for custom shades.
General Lee is a bright, energetic orange that brings warmth and character to any project. It works particularly well on outdoor terracotta, wooden crates, and craft projects where you want a colour that draws the eye without being aggressive.
Daffodil is a cheerful, sunny yellow that is one of the most versatile colours in the pack for mixing. It lightens other colours beautifully and on its own gives wooden pieces and ceramics a warmth that is genuinely uplifting.
GI Jane is a bold, natural green that sits at the intersection of earthy and vibrant. It suits both indoor furniture pieces and outdoor plant pots and pairs naturally with the other colours in the pack for two-tone or distressed effects.
Blueberry Pie is a soft, muted blue with enough depth to feel considered rather than pastel. It is one of those colours that works on almost anything and photographs beautifully, which makes it a favourite among content creators and anyone sharing their projects on social media.
The five colours in this pack are not random. They are the primary and secondary colours of the colour wheel, which means they can be mixed with one another to create an enormous range of custom shades. If you have been wanting to experiment with colour mixing using Granny B's paint, this pack gives you the most versatile starting point possible.
Individual Squeeze Bottles Are Also Available
If you do not need all five colours or you already have some of them in your collection, each colour in the Squeeze & Paint range is also available as an individual 250ml bottle at R119.00 each. You can browse and purchase individual colours from the Granny B's Squeeze & Paint collection and build your own selection based on the projects you have in mind.
Who Is Squeeze & Paint For?
The squeeze bottle format suits a wide range of Granny B's customers, but it is particularly well suited to a few specific types of projects and painters.
Craft and small project work is where the squeeze bottle format shines most clearly. When you are working on plant pots, picture frames, small wooden crates, or decorative items, you rarely need more than a small amount of paint at a time. Being able to squeeze out exactly what you need rather than dipping a brush directly into a tin or carefully pouring from one gives you far more control over the amount of paint you use and significantly reduces waste.
Colour mixing is much more practical with squeeze bottles than with tins. Dispensing a measured squeeze of one colour and adding a squeeze of another to a palette lets you mix custom shades with a level of precision and repeatability that tin-to-palette pouring does not. If you are trying to match a specific shade or create a consistent custom colour across multiple sessions, the squeeze bottle format makes this far more manageable.
Families and children's projects benefit from the squeeze bottle format because it reduces the risk of spills and gives younger painters more control over how much paint they use. Granny B's paint is lead-free and low in VOCs, making it safe for family craft sessions, and the squeeze bottle adds a practical layer of mess management that parents will appreciate.
Painters who work across multiple projects over time will find that the squeeze bottle stores more cleanly between sessions than a partially used tin. The nozzle keeps the paint sealed and the bottle takes up less shelf space than a tin of the same volume.
How to Use Squeeze & Paint
The process is identical to using Granny B's Old Fashioned Paint from a tin. The only difference is how you get the paint out of the container.
Make sure your surface is clean, dry, and free from any loose or flaking material before you start. Wipe away dust, grease, or polish residue, as a clean surface is the single most important factor in getting good adhesion from any chalk paint.
Shake or mix the bottle thoroughly before use. Like all chalk paints, the pigment can settle over time and a good shake before dispensing ensures the colour is consistent from the first squeeze to the last.
Squeeze the amount of paint you need directly onto a palette or suitable working surface. Starting with less than you think you need is always the better approach. You can always add more and working with smaller amounts on the palette gives you more control over consistency.
Apply with a good quality brush. The Granny B's brush range includes options for both flat surfaces and detailed work, and a quality brush makes a visible difference to the smoothness and evenness of the finish. Apply two coats for full coverage, allowing each coat to dry fully before applying the next.
Seal the finished project with the appropriate Granny B's finishing product. For decorative items and indoor furniture, Granny B's wax gives a soft, tactile finish. For outdoor items, high-use pieces, or anything that will be regularly cleaned, Granny B's Armour provides a harder, more durable protective layer.
Project Ideas for the Primary Colours Pack
The five colours in the Primary Colours pack lend themselves to a specific category of project where bold, saturated colour is the goal rather than the neutral and vintage tones that Granny B's Old Fashioned Paint range is perhaps best known for.
A set of matching plant pots in the five colours of the pack makes a striking display on a patio, balcony, or windowsill and is one of the easiest and most satisfying projects you can complete with this range. Each pot takes less than thirty minutes to paint and very little of each colour, which means one pack goes a very long way across a large set of pots.
Painted furniture for a child's bedroom or playroom is where these colours really belong. A bookshelf with each shelf painted in a different colour from the pack, or a small table and chairs set in GI Jane green with Daffodil yellow accents, creates exactly the kind of playful, considered result that looks deliberate rather than chaotic.
Upcycled glass and ceramic pieces take these colours beautifully. Old bottles, jam jars, enamel mugs, and ceramic bowls painted in Red Heart Love, Blueberry Pie, or General Lee become genuinely decorative objects that work as gifts, table centrepieces, or styled shelf displays.
Stencil projects are particularly well suited to the Squeeze & Paint format because the precise dispensing control makes it easy to load a brush or stencil applicator with exactly the right amount of paint for a clean, crisp stencil result. The Granny B's stencil range includes designs that work beautifully with bold, saturated colours like those in the Primary Colours pack.
Where to Buy Granny B's Squeeze & Paint
The Primary Colours 5 × 250ml pack is available online at grannyb.co.za for R499.00 with free delivery on orders over R699. Individual 250ml bottles in each of the five colours are available separately at R119.00 each from the Squeeze & Paint collection page.
Payment can be split into interest-free monthly instalments from R83.16 per month, making it easy to stock up on paint and supplies without paying everything upfront. You can also find Granny B's products at stockists across South Africa using the stockist finder.
Final Thoughts
Squeeze & Paint does not reinvent chalk paint. What it does is remove a few of the small frustrations that come with the tin format, particularly for craft projects, colour mixing, and anyone who wants a cleaner, more controlled painting experience.
The Primary Colours pack is a particularly well-considered introduction to the format. Five of the most versatile colours in the Granny B's range, in a format that makes mixing, dispensing, and storing each one simpler than it has been before.
Browse the full Squeeze & Paint range at grannyb.co.za and find the colours that suit your next project.