Whitewash
One pound of whitening; 1 cake of laundry blue; 1 Ib. of size; and 1 tablespoon of alutn. Pour boiling water on to the whitening until it becomes a thin paste, Add the size already melted in a saucepan, the blue dissolved in water, and lastly the alum. If you want it coloured, use red ochre afd you will have a pink shade; yellow ochre will give buff; and Brunswick Green gives green. It is found sometimes, that if whitewash is mixed with salt water, or a salt arid water solution, it will not powder off. Whitewash Which Stays On.To a bucketful of made whitewash, allow a cup of flour, Mix the flour to a smooth paste with ~ cold water, then add boiling water till it thickens, stirring all the time. Add this to your bucket of whitewash, stirring all the time, also a little washing blue. Stir well, This whitewash should not rub off, nor flake; and is said to even withstand rain. | ieeeendinelinanen = —
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 5, Issue 114, 29 August 1941, Page 53
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166Whitewash New Zealand Listener, Volume 5, Issue 114, 29 August 1941, Page 53
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