Lime Plaster and Wash

Links for Recipes

Lime Plaster

Build Simple pdf on making lime plaster for a small house.

Lime Wash

How to Whitewash Walls - eHow
How to Whitewash Walls - wikiHow
Tips for Whitewashing Walls
Making Your Own Whitewash

• Salt is used to keep the material from peeling off the walls.
  
• Wait 12 hours in between coats
  

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How to Whitewash Furniture

BoM

• 5 parts Hydrated lime [1]
• 1 part Salt
• 5 parts water (add more water if cracking appears)
• 5 gallon paint buckets
• Coating brushes [2]
• Mixer (either manual, mash-potato style or mixer attachment for power drill)

Optional-

• a water mister/sprayer can be used to go over earth plaster cracks. these can be rubbed out with a wet rag before lime wash is applied.

if cracking occurs, more water can be used. it may also be worth experimenting with large grain sand if a thicker mix is desired. generally adding large grain sand to mix can reduce shrinkage. for example in clay plaster, 100% clay will shrink after drying. but using 15% - 30% clay and the rest large grain sand or soil can reduce shrinkage.