New Paint Recipe

We’re  really struggling with paint for our old house.The downstairs gets quite damp over the winter when we are away so limewash tends to dry quite patchy especially in the kitchen.

After an attempt by me last autumn to apply a yellow ochre limewash finish which didn’t work we decided to try something different.

We a big fans of Bio Calce products which are on sale at Orsini in Scafa but a lot of other places now sell it. We use the very fine 00 plaster to put on a smooth but thin finish over the rough plaster.

We tried a mix of 1 part home made Lime Putty to 3 parts dry plaster. Mix with water to make it like cream.

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The next part is much more difficult! To achieve our colour I used mostly yellow ochre in powder form with Red and Brown also powder. These can be bought at most Builders Merchants for about 8 euros.