White wash recipe

[whiterockdove]

I needed to paint my new pigeon loft on a budget  and I found recipes out there for whitewash made with hydrated lime, the kind you get from a garden store. Just mix with water until it its milky ( wear a dust mask and goggles until the powder is mixed in the water). For a third of a 5 gallon pail add 2-3 cups of water based  white acrylic paint  to make it stick to the wood ( wet the wood first)

 i added navy blue and the result was a great "Marian" blue.

It's a cheap way to paint and just slop it on, it doesn't look like much wet but when it dries...wow!  It keeps bugs away and wicks water out of the wood.
 

[Shin]

This is great whiterockdove!

I was just looking a store that sells old fashioned 'milk paint' and wondering if I should try that out, and here you come up with a whitewash recipe too!

Milk paint is made out of:

    Milk protein (casein)
    Lime
    Clay
    Earth pigments

Not much different than what you are doing I am thinking! The old fashioned looks are the best..