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==Whitewash Recipes== | ==Whitewash Recipes== | ||
[http://www.motherearthnews.com/homesteading-and-livestock/whitewashing-using-slaked-lime.aspx] | [http://www.motherearthnews.com/homesteading-and-livestock/whitewashing-using-slaked-lime.aspx Mother Earth News] | ||
[https://fiascofarm.com/recipes/whitewash.html Fiasco Farm] | |||
[http://beforeitsnews.com/self-sufficiency/2012/08/homemade-diy-paint-whitewash-and-milk-paint-2444918.html Homemade DIY Paint] | |||
[http://voices.yahoo.com/tips-whitewashing-walls-paint-recipes-for-1585093.html?cat=30 Yahoo] | |||
==BoM== | |||
*Hydrated Lime [http://www.menards.com/main/building-materials/concrete-cement-masonry/concrete-mix/carmeuse-type-s-miracle-morta-lok-masons-hydrated-lime-50-lbs/p-1502423-c-5648.htm] | |||
*Salt | |||
*5 gallon paint buckets | |||
*Coating brushes [http://www.menards.com/main/doors-windows-millwork/mobile-manufactured-home-parts/exterior/accessories/7-roof-coating-brush/p-1480883-c-12590.htm] | |||
Revision as of 15:30, 6 March 2014
Thu Mar 6, 2014
Whitewash Recipes
Mother Earth News Fiasco Farm Homemade DIY Paint Yahoo
BoM
Mon Mar 3, 2014
FeF Requirements for Year-round Operation
HabLab
- Insulate bathroom/kitchen wall
- Robust water heater
- Sufficient heating for common room, kitchen, bathroom and bedrooms
- Finish interiors (paint walls/floor, close holes, finish ceiling, etc)
- Mud room (physically separate from main room)
- Covered porch/patio
- Outdoors and indoors firewood rack
- Finish exterior rooms
- Robust plumbing
- Robust water system
- Robust electrical system
- Robust internet
- Cell phone signal amplifier
Exterior
- Gravel or wood chip paths connecting all buildings - for both pedestrians and vehicles
- A way to shovel/clear snow-covered paths
- Solar lights or reflective cells along the paths
MicroHouse
- Draft insulation
- Permanent (buried) water system
- Permanent sewage system
- Permanent electrical system (30A)
- Internet connection
- Cell phone signal amplifier
- Two additional modules (bedroom + living/working room)
- Heating on all modules
- Covered porch/patio
- Outdoors firewood rack
Workshop
- Second stove
House Painting
I think the best contrast colors for dark brown walls are white, yellow and apple green. See for example:
http://www.colourlovers.com/palette/844425/Da_Lime_inda_Coconut
Menards doesn't have any bright greens (only boring ones), but Home Depot does have one that looks pretty nice (bamboo leaf). So here's the palette I suggest:
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Links for the paints at Home Depot:
Bamboo Leaf (green): http://www.homedepot.com/s/Bamboo%2520Leaf%2520%2520paint?NCNI-5
Lemon Lime (yellow): http://www.homedepot.com/s/lemon%2520lime%2520paint?NCNI-5
Chalkboard Paint: http://www.homedepot.com/s/chalkboard%2520paint?NCNI-5
For the MH I think we should go with white for the walls as that will make the space appear bigger.
Fri Jan 16, 2014
Looked into Swimming Pool idea for morale management.