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I've always wanted to try using #MilkPaint, but it's not cheap! I *might* try and make my own at some point... This is one recipe, but I'm sure there are others out there... When using milk paint, one should probably use a finish to protect the surface. I've read about recipes involving beeswax that I'll look around for...

#Appropedia - "Curdled milk paint recipe

The following is a recipe for quark, or curdled milk, based paint. Quark is a Casein Paint. The recipe is very specific but casein paints last a long time, are fungi resistant and compostable. Casein paints can be used inside or outside, on wood, stone, drywall, wallpaper, earthen plaster, masonry and to cover existing painted surfaces.

Milk paint is suggested for areas that will be subject to moisture. Milk paint is good for these areas because the borax (or lime) has antibacterial and anti-molding properties. When milk paint is dried it has a glassy surface that is wipeable.

There is a lot of preparation that goes into making milk paint. Both the chalk and the pigment must be slaked the night before. #Slaking is soaking a dry powder in water overnight so that the ingredient will mix with water in a more consistent smooth manner."

Learn more:
https://www.appropedia.org/Curdled_milk_paint_recipe

#SolarPunkSunday #CraftSupplies
#SaferProducts #DIY #Crafts #ToxicFreeFuture #Paint #Painting

Searching for #solarpunk #symbol s:

A flash memory pendant containing an offline copy of #Wikipedia , #OpenStreetMap , #Appropedia and #OpenSourceEcology project.

Oversimplifying, a stand-in for "the sum of human knowledge".

(Possibly some Linux distro, some documentation, manuals to restart infrastructure as needed)

The EN Wikipedia with Pictures ( #kiwix ) is only 110 GB, will easily fit on a modern pendrive.

Is it a good symbol of a better future?

#library #sustainability #openSource

I'm a bit slow to the latest issue of Branch, the online magazine that adapts to the carbon intensity of your electricity grid.

Issue 4 is an #OpenClimate edition, applying #openness to #ClimateAction. From #Appropedia to #SolarPunk it embraces #slowness, hope, and the power of #openness
https://branch.climateaction.tech/issues/issue-4/

fridge0, an off grid fridge. Not for everybody, of course, but good example of real innovation and research that MAKE sense https://fridge0.branchable.com/ #refrigeration #openHw #appropedia #appropriateTech #offTheGrid #resilience

In that youtube you also find the previous talk in that series from @emiliovelis, executive director of Appropedia, a wiki for sustainable projects. (Such a great resource!)

His topic: Share how you make = Documentation and Story telling, which is truly useful talk for any person working with knowledge:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lUZ_b_ps_io

#WeAreGIG #CriticalMaking #Appropedia https://appropedia.org