Recipe for paint

Take low-fat curd cheese, coloured chalk and natural mineral borax. Stirring constantly, mix these substances with plenty of water - that's casein paint. Casein paints and limewash coatings are in general use in West Germany until the late Sixties. In the eastern part of Germany the limewash coatings don't disappear until after reunification. The reason: organic paints are not stable for very long - they have to keep being stirred.





Parmetol: Good for painting!

The first preservative for paints and lacquers is called Parmetol. It is launched by Schülke & Mayr in 1960. Today the Parmetol range of products covers a versatile and highly effective spectrum of effect, ranging from in-can preservatives to products specially intended for the treatment of substrates in cases of mould growth.

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