The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1894-07-09
CHEAP PAINTS OF MILK AND LIME.
For Exterior and Interior WOrI<-Hcw
t..& Church. Eence WIS Painted.

the Church Fence Was Painted.
A. Ashmun Kelly in Rural New Yorker
Wlere rough woodwork, such as old barns
or other frame buildings, fences and the
like is to be painted economy, and often
necessity, would indicate the use of cheaper
materials than ordinary oil paint, and more
lasting than WhiteWaSh. | have now a case
in point. small rural church, after MAX
ing extensive improvements upon it's prop
erty, found several thousand square feet of
rough fence to be coated, both for preserVa-
ton and comeliness; but the funds We're ex
hausted and it was not likely that money
could be collected to buy the quantity of
paint required and then employ painters TO
do the work. / suggested this wash: TO
two quarts of water lime, or hydraulic ce-
ment, add sweet skim milk until OF the
consistency of good cream Pour in the
milk slowly, str briskly and thoroughly,
and do not mix more Than this quantity at
Il time it is liable to settle to the bottom
and -come hard. The proportions stated
are not exact, and one viii have to use his
own judgment little seeing that the MKT
ure is not thin enough to rum" or thick
enough not to spread easily. use nat
brush, say four inches IN width, and apply
like oil paint. The paint, when dry, IS
sort OF creamy stone color, and amy other
color may be obtained by the addition OF
suitable pigments, when must first be
"broken" or mixed i'll Il little milk 10 a
paste before being put with the HrSt MKT
ure. Better stil buy color ground III wa,
ter. This paint has been extensively used
for years with perfect satisfaction, looking
wen Tor several years, and is comparatively
inexpensive. common laborer can Apply
it at a saving of one-haIf the cost of paint
erS' wages and farm hands, when Work Is
slack. could do it at a still greater SAVING,
Recipe books years ago contained THIS
formula and ITS advantages were AGAIN r.
vived by General LeDuc, while he was Unit
ed States commissioner of agriculture. lie
ncntiCned instance OF Il country mousse
within his knowledge, the body of which
was covered with this mixture, and the
trimmings with lead and oil paint, forty-hVe
years before he described it. During this
period the trimming paint had been renewed
several times, but the cheap body remained
well preserved. | was once shown frame
mixture of buttermlk and lime several
years previously, ana, though a painter, 81
could hardly distinguish the surface from
the ordinary paint work, and II looked re-
markahly well.
What the Government Uses.
Another recipe is as follows: BoIl three
nalf an hour; take it from the fire and add
water enough to make four gallons Let it
stand 70 settle; pour Oft the water in a
pail, and put in enough whiting to make it
as thick as whtewash; add one-half pint of
lnseed oil and stir thoroughly. If the
whiting Goes not mix readily add more wa
ter. FlaNSeed IS of an oily nature and will
not wash off as readily as glue. Sour milk
is sometimes used but sweet, skim milk is
preferable. The addition Of Il solution of
common salt is desirable, it tends to
make the paint adhere more firmly and
helps make the mixture more non-combusti-
bic. All milk and lime mixtures are excel
lent for shingles, and for all farm purposes,
and, if laid on with care, will certainly last
for d few years and look WELL besides pre-
serving the wood. BE careful, however, to
have the surface to be coated, perfectly
scraped and prepared beforehand
For it's lighthouses. bcacQnS and keepers
dwellings, the government uses a mixture
of ten parts freshly saked lime to one part
of the best hydraulic cement, mixed well
with salt water and applied quite thin An
other government recipe is as follows: Stake
half bushel of lime with boiling water,
keeping it covered during the process; then
strain and add one peck of salt dissolved in
warm water, three pounds of rice flour
boiled in water to q thin paste, one-half
pound of whiting and one pound of white
glue dissolved in warm water. Allow it to
stand several days, but apply hot. Two
coats will usually be found necessary, as in
all the foregoing formulas.
What to Use Inside the House.
For interior wall work milk and whiting,
equal to paint mixed with oil. Milk is prob
ably better than glue as a binder for the
whiting. it viii likely not decay and be
come rancid OF perish as soon as the latter
But glue is often used. and a nice white
finish for ceiling may be made as follows:
Put two ounces Of best white glue in
small quantity of cold water overnight; put
four pounds Of gilders' best bolted whiting
III enough cold water to cover it; let stand
over night to Stake Next morning add boil
ing water to the glue and stir until dis
been well stirred and made perfectly
smooth Thin with cold water and stand
away until iellied in which condition it is
best for applying; then apply with Il kalSo-
mine good solid Whitewash brush. DO
no. Jay the wash off as a painter would put
on paint, but rub it on haphazard, crisscross
being careful only to cover every part ana
not permit the tapping edges to get dry;
Gypsum paints come IN several SHADES,
quite durable, even for outdoor work Ihey
become hard as stone, and do not rub off,
nor are they mixed with glue. These cost
10 cents pound for the white and II cents
for the tints iVe-pound package being
sufficient for two coats for any ordinary
ceiling But | prefer the whiting mixtures.
as they make a smoother. nicer job, and
are cheaper.
some More Complicated Paints.
Another mixture which is especially rec
commended for protecting woodwork is COM
posed Of 300 parts washed and sifted white
sand forty parts preciptated chalk. fifty
parts resin and four parts raw lnseed oil,
mixed and boiled in an iron kettle with one
part of oxide of copper and part of sui
paint brush while warm. If too thick. di
lutte with boiled linseed oil. This paint dries
rapidly and becomes very hard.
For tin roofs or similar metal work, a
cheap and quite durable mixture may be
made with coal oil. quick Japan drier and
tian red. metallic brown, etc. Asphaltum
varnsh paint, made of common asphaltum
dissolved in turpentine or benzine, is good
for iron fences and other iron work. Many
of the ready-miXed paints on the market
are emusiOns. Lime water will mix with
linseed oil and form soap. TO this may be
added whiting and colOrs, and the whole
will form comparatively durable paint
An emulsion paint proper has Other ingred-
ents, such soda, lead Ga trace. often)
zinc, .varium sulphatt, naphtha and drers.
For fence posts, the ends which to go
in the ground may be dipped in boiling gas
or coal tar. Nothing is better, though there
are several methods of treatment. For the
single roof of the barn, presuming that
the shingles are of some soft, perishable
wood, it will pay to use pure raw linseed
oil and Venetian red or oxide of iron COM
position, adding some drying Japan. Dry
iron paint may be used. but nothing is saved
thereby Better get that which has been
ground in OIL and which will cost but few
cents pound, and it will mix with the oil
better. Make quite thin and apply one coat
quite freely, though not SO that it will run
The next year give another coat. That
ought to last several years A cypress or
cedar shingle needs no paint and will last
mt tho ha or