Cob: Cob- Lime-recipes for limewash

[Charmaine R Taylor]

Hi Pat- a limewash with veggie oil or salt  in it can reduce the
dusting...once you use latex you can't go back and limewash it.  So I
would say try that- there are recipes and info from the UK article I
have up at: http://www.northcoast.com/~tms/wash.html

remember that they refer to "slaking lime"  in this article which most
people aren't going to be doing, the casein ( dry powdered milk), salt
or oil can be added to the soaked hydrated lime when it's time to make
the limewash.

there are a couple  of consumer level books out on simple recipes for
household stuff- one is called "Paint your house with Milk"  referring
to whitewah- ie milkpaints,  and is useful.  do a search to locate it-
has hundreds of other uses for sommon items too.


Ms. Charmaine  Taylor/ Taylor Publishing
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