Milk paint
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Milk paint
Milk paint is a non-toxic water based mixture used as a paint. It is made from milk and lime with or without pigments added for color.[1][2][3] Borax may be added to the milk paint recipe to assist the lime in dissolving the casein and as a preservative.[4][5]
Though milk paint has been used for thousands of years it does not compete commercially with oil paints mostly due to its short shelf life.[6] Milk paint will spoil and must be used within a day or a little longer if refrigerated.[7]
Milk paint can be used to mimic the look of antique furniture.[8] Milk paint has also received renewed interest from the green building community. There are recipes for milk paint that are considered eco-conscious "safe", non-toxic, and "green" because they are made from natural materials plants and pigments.[9]
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- ^ Beecher, Henry Ward (1859). Plain and pleasant talk about fruits, flowers and farming. Harvard University: Derby & Jackson. p. 187. http://books.google.com/books?id=PforAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA187&dq=Milk+paint&as_brr=1&client=firefox-a#v=onepage&q=Milk%20paint&f=false.
- ^ Transvaal (Colony). Dept. of Agriculture, Transvaal (South Africa). Dept. of Agriculture (1906). The Transvaal agricultural journal, Volume 4. University of California: Transvaal (Colony). Dept. of Agriculture, Transvaal (South Africa). Dept. of Agriculture. p. 876. http://books.google.com/books?id=3qoIAQAAIAAJ&pg=RA2-PA876&dq=Milk+paint&as_brr=1&client=firefox-a#v=onepage&q=Milk%20paint&f=false.
- ^ Baird, Henry Carey (1867). The painter, gilder, and varnisher's companion: containing rules and regulations in every thing relating to the arts of painting, gilding, varnishing and glass-staining. Numerous useful and valuable receipts .... University of Wisconsin - Madison: Henry Carey Baird. p. 97. http://books.google.com/books?id=IcM5AAAAMAAJ&pg=PA98&dq=Milk+paint&as_brr=1&client=firefox-a#v=onepage&q=Milk%20paint&f=false.
- ^ PS42 (Feb 1942). Magic of chemurgy duplicated in the home laboratory. Popular Science. p. 199. http://books.google.com/books?id=pScDAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA199&dq=milk+paint+Borax&as_brr=1&client=firefox-a#v=onepage&q=milk%20paint%20Borax&f=false.
- ^ Wailes, Raymond B. (March 1940). How is it Made. Popular Science. p. 209. http://books.google.com/books?id=wCYDAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA209&dq=milk+paint+Borax&as_brr=1&client=firefox-a#v=onepage&q=milk%20paint%20Borax&f=false.
- ^ Staff. "A BRIEF HISTORY OF MILK PAINT" (web). The Old Fashioned Milk Paint Co., Inc.. http://www.milkpaint.com/about_history.html. Retrieved 24 October 2009.
- ^ Brown; Joe Hurst-Wajszczuk, Del Brown (2006). Furniture You Can Build: Projects That Hone Your Skills. Taunton Press. p. 52. ISBN 1-56158-796-6. http://books.google.com/books?id=DWVfaK44xGMC&pg=PT57&dq=Milk+paint+spoil&client=firefox-a#v=onepage&q=Milk%20paint%20spoil&f=false.
- ^ Terri McGrawAdditional Tips: Milk Paint Prime Painting Tips Tuesday, September 29, 2009 Central Florida News 13
- ^ Wenona Napolitano A Review of the Green Guide for Artists Crafting Green World
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