Durable Limewash

For one barrel of color wash, 1/2 a bushel of white lime, 3 pecks of hydraulic cement, 10 pounds umber, 10 pounds ochre, 1 pound Venetian red, and 1/4 pound lamp-black. Slake the lime, melt the lampblack with vinegar, mix well together, add the cement, and fill the barrel with water. Let it stand twelve hours before using, and stir frequently while putting it on. This is not white, but of a light stone color, without the unpleasant glare of white. The color may be changed by adding more or less of the colors named, or other colors. This wash covers well, needing only one coat, and is superior to anything excepting oil paint.

Waterproof Wash For Lime

This may be made by mixing the powder from 3 parts rock quartz, 3 parts broken marble and sandstone, also 2 parts burned porcelain clay with 3 parts freshly slaked lime, still warm. In this way a wash is made which forms a silicate if often wetted, and becomes finally like stone. It is applied thickly to the surface, allowed to dry for a day, and the next day frequently wetted, which makes it waterproof.

Whitewash That Will Not Rub Off

Mix up half a pailful of lime and water, ready to put on the wall, then take 1/4 pint of flour, mix it with water, then pour on it a sufficient quantity of boiling water to thicken it, and pour it while hot into the whitewash, stir all well together, and it is ready for use.