Colour Wash
Pear Aunt Daisy, Could you tell me what is a good lasting colour wash for a rough-cast house? "HAS." Auckland. Put 10Ib. of slaked lime into a 4gallon tin, Dampen with (just) warm water, and place an old sack over the tin. Stand for about 10 minutes-until the tin feels warm. Then add slowly about 1 cup of melted dripping or mutton fat or boiled linseed oil. (My informant used his wife’s clean dripping.) Mix all well_in, until it forms an even floug paste; then add water-preferably sea-water-to make a wash of suitable consistency for putting on. Leave to stand 2 or 3 hours before using-or else strain. It definitely must not be lumpy. Make your ochre solution, whatever colour you ‘desire, strain it to see that there are no lumps--and then stir it in to get the required colour. The _ ochre-solution should certainly be strainel. It is particularly important that all stirring should be done thoroughly.
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 20, Issue 505, 25 February 1949, Page 23
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159Colour Wash New Zealand Listener, Volume 20, Issue 505, 25 February 1949, Page 23
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