PEP BB naturalbuilding.sand.claypaint - Make Clay Paint

I finished my she shed walls and now needed to paint them! Hehe! Trouble is, I was 6 months pregnant and didn't want to breathe in any toxic fumes, so I have been experimenting with different painting methods. I textured my walls with plain old mud from any home improvement store. Then I tried a company called MudPaint, out of Boise, Idaho. I like their shades and non-toxic ingredients, but I realized too late that the paint is made for wood, and didn't perform well on textured drywall. I used it on a couple walls, and it looks fine, but chips so easily. I have to keep touching it up. But not a bad option for someone painting wooden surfaces or wooden walls!

Upstairs in my she-shed, I tried a different approach. I used the same texture clay as a base, then added in food powders of different kinds to get the natural colors I wanted: shades of greens from powdered herbs. I like horsetail the best for a light, sage-y grass color! I also used cocoa powder and beet powder. I mixed in water to get a paintable consistency, and here is how it turned out. Pretty cool, I think! The only downside is, it chips and scuffs easily and mixing the exact same color is challenging. So perhaps a different method would be best in a high-traffic area or home with kids. I suspect that is the same with all home-concocted paints. I'm ok with it, since I didn't have to suck down any fumes which could hurt my baby.  All in all, I painted about 324 square feet with the paint I made. Bonus: it was super cheap!

Does milk based paint apply here? The title seem to say so but the description is less clear. I've made mine with raw ingredients like fresh milk and bigs bags of clay (my home clay is red so i'd to buy some white one) and hydrated lime and bulk pigments.

https://oldfashionedmilkpaint.co.uk/pages/what-is-milk-paint

Here's my BB for natural paint. I used home made milk paint for my bedroom ceiling. I didn't find the exact recipe i used, but it contained white clay and a bit of lime.
https://faircompanies.com/articles/avoid-voc-homemade-natural-paint-clay-and-milk/

I made a clay paint and paint one one my she shed walls with it totaling 48 sq feet. I didn't want a red clay so I used kitty litter and was hoping for more of a gray than brown.

Edited to add dried paint and ingredients.

So far so good and we have had some heavy rain. This wall even faces west (where most of our weather comes out of)

Kirk Mobert wrote:Minimum requirements:
- make natural paint from clay and similar natural materials
- use it on a 4x8 sized area

To get certified for this BB, post the following pics:  

- Raw materials. Your clay rich subsoil, other paint ingredients and the tools you used
- Paint a minimum area of 32 square feet
- Action pic
- Image of the final result

I first needed to plaster the wall using a sifted chopped straw to prep it for paint. I used a wheat paste that I cooked up in a 4:1 ratio and cooked similar to a roux. Then I mixed it into my clay slip using subsoil and water after sifting it. The wall was a 5ft by 7ft = 35 sqft > 32sq ft; meeting the requirement.

It was easy to paint and now it hides the straw. I didn't use a pigment. I might paint a contrasting color on it using a red clay harvested in Moab in a few days if time allows to add embellishment.

Hey everyone, Sorry not sure if this post is suitable on this thread but can delete it if needed :)

I've had a look through everyones paint and it all looks awesome!

I'm making some clay paint to go in my tiny home bedroom that has some fresh plasterboard in it - I'm planning on using a conventional primer from Natural paint co. before hand.
Just wondering if anyone would know if sand is needed in the paint mix? I've done a test batch and have found the sand to be a bit coarse and textured for what I'm after, also worried that my toddler will sit at the wall and scratch the sand off  XD I've seen a couple people say that it's optional but have seen a couple people say that it's needed to prevent cracking