The first painting memory I have is helping my father whitewash a Stone wall in the driveway. I was maybe 7, and I remember being handed a Jam jar and topping It Up with wáter till the lime based paint ran like wáter. Probaby a very messy operation and I Dont recall being given gloves.
50 years later I am organising a set of specs for Graphenstone lime based #paints. Still the same basic ingredients as Traditional limewash, but with extra properties.
Creating cloudy wall finishes with múltiple coats of limewash I Will be like a wide eyed child again. No limits except my imagination.
You can "limewash" with látex paints, but they arent antiseptic, Dont do well with damp, dont absorb CO2 when drying, don,t harden when wet and látex off gases.
A place for everything but especially if decorating new build, consider lime based and mineral finishes.
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