Eco 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. Borax may be added to the in addition to lime in the milk paint recipe to assist the lime in dissolving the casein and as a preservative.

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. Milk paint will spoil and must be used within a day or a little longer if refrigerated.

Milk paint can be used to mimic the look of antique furniture. 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.

References

1. ^ 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 .  
2. ^ 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 .  
3. ^ 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 .  
4. ^ 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 .  
5. ^ 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 .  
6. ^ 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 .  
7. ^ Brown; Joe Hurst-Wajszczuk, Del Brown (2006). Furniture You Can Build: Projects That Hone Your Skills . Taunton Press. p. 52. ISBN 1561587966 . http://books.google.com/books?id=DWVfaK44xGMC&pg=PT57&dq=Milk+paint+spoil&client=firefox-a#v=onepage&q=Milk%20paint%20spoil&f=false .  
8. ^ Terri McGrawAdditional Tips: Milk Paint Prime Painting Tips Tuesday, September 29, 2009 Central Florida News 13

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