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Limewash, DIY Clay paint, and Milk Paint

 
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As much as we wanted to do a fully Natural Built structure, we bought an old house for a crazy good deal and remodeled it. We were not going to throw drywall out that wasn't necessary and towards the end of our remodel we had a baby on the way and needed to hurry up and get in the house. Even though I wouldn't have the cob walls I wanted I did opt to have natural wall finishes. Here's a video of two we made a few years ago about our experiments with limewash, Milkpaints, and clay paints from clay we dug up in the yard I must say the clay paint is a little dark but it definitely was the easiest and cheapest option.
           https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2EoX6mFfrak
           https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B_v0aLzw3Wg
  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LGCdj9UNZt4&t=4s  

Just a few videos there old but I haven't posted a while, and thought it would be fun to participate in a pollinator scavenger hunt. Happy building folks
 
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Thanks for sharing what you’ve experimented with! If you don’t mind me asking, what are your plans for the exterior? I’m guessing that the clay paint, milk paint, and limewash are more for interior use?
 
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Sorry Miranda just now seeing your post, mostly the exterior which was brock clad was intact so we left it alone. I do plan on doing extentions in the future. Some of that will be done in roofing metal because it will butt up to a humid sunroof and I am still tinkering with the rest, I want to do some stray bale infill but our humid climate makes me nervous I have also debated doing some cordwood, but I still have plenty of time to figure that out.
 
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