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  • From: Sue Bell <whatintheworld1234@gmail.com>
  • To: permaculture <permaculture@lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [permaculture] Whitewash Bob's Roof Day plus Mapping/data site find story on white roofs impacts
  • Date: Thu, 19 Jul 2012 15:57:59 -0500



Does anyone know the possible results of painting casine based paint on top
of latex paint?

On Jul 19, 2012, at 2:18 PM, Ben Martin Horst <ben.martinhorst@gmail.com>
wrote:

> I've only mixed and used a milk-based paint once, but then to good effect.
> We painted a floor with it, which gets heavy traffic, then sealed it with
> an oil and beeswax mix. It's proven very durable, and we're now on year 3.
> We used a quark paint recipe out of a book whose title I no longer recall,
> but there's a recipe here
> http://www.appropedia.org/Curdled_milk_paint_recipe that looks pretty
> similar to what we used.
>
> On Wed, Jul 18, 2012 at 6:17 PM, Bob Waldrop <bob@bobwaldrop.net> wrote:
>
>> This is interesting. Do we want only the whey, or is the whole soured
>> milk workable? Or should I find some casein powder and add that? Do you
>> also add water too, or is it strictly lime plus soured milk?
>>
>> I appreciate the tip.
>>
>> Bob Waldrop, OKC
>>
>> On 7/18/2012 6:14 PM, John D'hondt wrote:
>>> Another version might be lime + milk (actually early cottage cheese, milk
>>> gone sour that is releasing the whey. What you need is caseine) We have
>>> found this very hard wearing and heavy-rain resistant as lime and water
>> is
>>> definitely not.
>>> john
>>>
>>>> We had several last-minute glitches we have not gotten this
>>>> done. The first problems were rain, as we had an unusually wet June.
>>>> Then we had a hard time actually finding hydrated (slaked) lime. None of
>>>> the usual suspects I had access to (Lowes, Home Despot, Ace Hardware)
>>>> stock it anymore. I have now tracked down some (from a tack shop) and
>>>> will do a fence and then we will see about doing the roof. I am doing
>>>> the fence first to try out two or three different formulations for
>>>> whitewash, as there are lots of recipes out there. I am going to try one
>>>> version that is only lime and water, another with some salt added, a
>>>> third with salt added plus letting it sit overnight before using it. A
>>>> chemist friend says that the effect of the added salt and letting it sit
>>>> is to make it easier to apply, but the cost is some of the whiteness.
>>>> So we will try a fence before we do the whole roof.
>>>>
>>>> Bob Waldrop, OKC
>>>>
>>>> On 7/18/2012 10:05 AM, Ken Morneault wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> Hi Bob,
>>>>>
>>>>> Any feedback on the performance of the whitewash yet?
>>>>>
>>>>> Regards,
>>>>>
>>>>> Ken
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> ________________________________
>>>>> From: Bob Waldrop <bwaldrop@cox.net>
>>>>> To: ROE2 <runningonempty2@yahoogroups.com>; permaculture
>>>>> <permaculture@lists.ibiblio.org>
>>>>> Sent: Friday, April 27, 2012 9:34 PM
>>>>> Subject: [permaculture] Whitewash Bob's Roof Day plus Mapping/data site
>>>>> find story on white roofs impacts
>>>>>
>>>>> Whitewash Bob’s Roof Day is coming up June 2, 2012, this is a free
>>>>> workshop at my house in OKC, where we will whitewash my roof.
>>>>>
>>>>> For info on the benefits of white roofs, see . . .
>>>>>
>>>>>
>> http://www.builditsolar.com/Projects/Cooling/WhiteRoofExperiment/WhiteRoof.htm
>>>>>
>>>>> For info on the whitewashing of roofs, a very cheap way to get a white
>>>>> roof, see. . .
>>>>>
>>>>>
>> http://www.theatlanticcities.com/design/2012/04/just-fraction-more-white-roofs-could-have-huge-global-impact/1764/
>>>>>
>>>>> There’s also a thread in the archives of this group from last year.
>>>>>
>>>>> Anyone in the neighborhood is welcome to stop by. Let me know you’re
>>>>> coming by email to bwaldrop@cox.net or by signing up with the FB
>> event,
>>>>> https://www.facebook.com/events/286135491467827/ .
>>>>>
>>>>> I am also participating in an experiment that will apply a non-toxic
>>>>> coating after the whitewash has cured. The goal is to extend the life
>> of
>>>>> the whitewash from 2-3 years to 8-9 years.
>>>>>
>>>>> A full report will be written and posted.
>>>>>
>>>>> Bob Waldrop, OKC
>>>>> https://www.facebook.com/prairierosepermaculture
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
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