Leon the Milkman’s Blog

How bad is hydrated lime on your skin?

Posted on May 6th, 2006 by Leon the Milkman.
Categories: Milk Paint.

Hi, Milk Fans

It’s bad, it’s bad, it’s very,very bad.

Hydrated lime or Calcium Hydroxide reacts very fast with moisture and will even react with the moisture in your skin, so cover up hand and eyes.

However, once the reaction between the milk and the lime is completed and the milkpaint is dry, everything is safe again.

Regards,

Leon the Milkman

P.S. Here is a very informative link about lime:

http://oikos.com/library/naturalbuilding/lime.html

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Disadvantage Milk Paint

Posted on April 27th, 2006 by Leon the Milkman.
Categories: Milk Paint.

Hi, Milkfans

The only disadvantage I can think of is that the milk paint is a denatured protein stain and therefore will not be removed by normal solvents and even water-based solvents.

So no stripping - but you can paint it over. Not a problem when you paint the kids’ building blocks, because you won’t want to change their colour too often

Kind regards,

Leon the Milkman

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Milk Paint

Posted on April 10th, 2006 by Leon the Milkman.
Categories: Milk Paint.

Hi, Milkfans

Yes, you read that right!

You can paint you house with milk. Or your furniture for that matter. Milk Paint was used quite a lot in history. It is in vogue again as a child friendly paint - it can be chewed off the building blocks without poisoning the child.

It consists mainly of skim milk, alkaline, end some color. The alkaline, like sodium hydroxide denatures the milk protein and fixes it, while being neutralized in the process  - well you can read more, as well as get contact details for suppliers at www.Dairy-Info.org

Kind Regards,

Leon the Milkman

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