Make and Paint Your Own Limewash!
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- Опубликовано: 3 июн 2023
- How to mix and apply your own limewash paint with only 3 simple ingredients!
Want to try your hand at achieving a stylish, modern/contemporary interior wall finish that designers and decorators can’t get enough of? Look no further! Limewash paint (though technically extremely old) is making a major comeback. Don’t believe us? Open any social media app. and scroll for a few minutes. You can’t miss it.
The only problem is, limewash can be extremely difficult to get your hands on. Trust us, we tried. That’s why instead of throwing in the towel, we decided to make our own- with the help of our good friends at DAP and their Hydrated Lime Powder! Luckily, you can too with a few simple ingredients that are easily attainable. Oh, and don’t worry about this being too difficult, or technical. We’re doing this ‘Refresh’ style. You won’t need a PHD in chemistry to achieve this look 🤓.
The only things you’ll need to make your own DIY limewash paint are as follows: Hydrated Lime powder, pigment (for color), and Alum salts (to bind the lime and pigment). That’s it. Really. It’s as easy as that.
Think you’ll give it a go? We’d love to know how it turns out, so please let us know in the comments below!
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Okay, so I’ve been limewash/limeplaster obsessed for two years. Seriously I love the look of old French country and wanted something that also deterred bugs. I tadalaket my bathroom even… BUT…! If you have kids or a farm… eh… this isn’t a good choice. You can’t wash your walls. It’s hard to upkeep because of that. I honestly just ended up buying scrubbable eggshell white paint, adding strong coffee to it and then using that as a lime-ish look and it’s soooo much better.
This is a terrific comment, thanks! 🙌
You can add tallow to make it washable/waterproof . Coffee grounds will eventually get moldy…
Can it be used over paint? I'm looking for a heakthier alternative to a fresh coat of paint.
What level of drywall should the thing be muddled to before hand if im doing brand new ceiling drywall!
You’re going to want it almost perfect. Same as you’d want for paint.
Can this used on Sheetrock ?
I noticed the lime wash is kind of fragile, in other words, it scratch easy, do you know if there is a component to add to make thew lime wash stronger to scratch? I tried sealer used for imperial plaster instead to mix with water the lime wash and it's better but still not enough. Thank you in advance for your answer!
you can add a sealer to it. (A matte sealer would look best)
Skim milk. The casein in the milk has a chemical reaction with the lime to form a strong binder
I love the look. Can I use it on drywall, and is there a way to seal it?
Vaspari makes a primer that can go over common "latex" paint. It's a proprietary mix of probably lime, acrylic as a binder, and silica as a filler. You can limewash over that primer.
I’ve tried this and it keeps coming out a lot lighter in color, not sure how to remedy this
You need to use more pigment probably
Where do you get the pigment what brand
They used black diamond from Amazon, I'm not sure if it's a good choice for limewash since it's mica which is sparkly.
What kind of primer did you use?
Any primer should work just fine 👍
Which pigments did you use
Random ones from Amazon!
This is what looking for. may I know why to add Alum Salt in it? What is the theory behind?
He explains it helps
Bind the pigment
The use the same thing when naturally dying with plants to fabric! I've used Alum many times, but you should definitely being doing it with a mask and ventilated. It's not safe to breath in.
How many grams of pigment per sachet? And how many grams of salt did you use? thanks!
We can’t remember (re. grams/sachet) exactly- but we ended up using a ton of pigment, and not getting exactly the colour we expected to. Our advice would be to get much more pigment than you think you’ll need and do a lot of testing to make sure you like the color before applying it to the wall. We added roughly the same amount of alum salt as we did pigment, but it was far from an exact science (things usually aren’t, for us 😂). You can find more exactly recipes online if you look a little, but we found its relatively fool proof 👍
Thank you!@@RefreshHomeImprovements
Thanks for not overcomplicating it 😊just what I need
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