Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1888-06-26
CHEAP COUNTRY PAINT.
= nintsrs Which Any InteIlIssut Yarm.,
Can Prepare

which Any Intelligent Farmsr /
Can Prepare
A method Of painting farm build,no.
and country houses. while by no mean.
new, is yet so little known and 30 la
serving OF wider application as to war
rant description. The paint has Lut
TWO parts, both cheap materials. being
water-iime and hydraulic cement and
skimmed-milk- The cement is placed
In bucket. and the skim-milk. sweet ]
Is gradually added. string constantly.
until just about the consistency Of good
cream. The stirring must be thor
oughly done to lave an even flow. and
II TOO thin, the mixture will run on the
building and look streaked. The pro-
portions can not be exactly stated. but
a gallon Of milk requires full! quart
OF cement and sometimes a little
more. This is convenient ouan.
tity to mix at q time, for one
person to use. II too much in pre-
pared the cement will settle and hard
en- before all is used. A fat paint
brush. about four inches wide. is the
best implement to use with this mix
ture. Lay it on exactly as with oil
paint 1t can be applied to ood-work,
Old or new. and to brick and stone.
When dry. the color is light. creamy
brown. or what some would cal yell
lowish stone color. Neither express
sion describes it wei, but it is a very
good color for a country building. A
! pigment like ochre may be added to
change the color, but it is very diff.
Quito do the mixing so thoroughly a.
to give an even tint. II attempted, the
cement and coloring matter. in care.
fully weighed proportions. should be
first run through paint mill. This
skim-milk paint. well mixed, without
added color. has gool body. gives .
smooth. satisfactory finish, on eithel
wood or stone. and wears admirably
| A friend Of mine used this paint fol
a set Of farm buildings which have sine,
passed through three winters and ar,
now looking fresh and we'll. One build
ing was new and the covering board
imperfectiy seasoned; others had beef
whitewashed. some repeatedly for NOR
than half century. All appear equal
ly we l. The older buildings were pre-
pared by scraping off the loose AM
scaly whitewash. the scraper being
curry-comb; it was not much work to d
this The expense of this piece of pain,
ing was surprisingly sleight A lahore
at $3.50 day did the work. and h
covered two-story. twelve-room hous
in six working days. He laid on fror
: three to four gallons day the who
I quantity used on this building bein
: less than bushel OF cement, costin
: fifty cents. and twenty-five gallons {
: skim-milk. worth less than dollar o
e the farm. The whole cost of satisf I
: torily painting goods zed house, brus
d inc uded. was below Sl2.
II This painting mixture, SO easily an
s. cheaply prepared. was described
it recipe books years ago, but a know
e edge of it was revived by General l
o Due while he was o. S Commissions
a of Agriculture He mentioned an IL
J. stance OF country house within h
s personal knowledge, the body OF whi'
It was covered with skim milk and C
e ment, and the trimmings with lead al
If oil paint, forty five years before he d
t scribed it; during this period the trir
7, ming paint had been renewed sever
e times, but the cheap body color r
T. NAMED we'll preserved. --Americ'
3, Cul iUd,oT.