Description

Ocher’s paint, easy to make and to use, is an ecologic solution to paint any wood element : shutters, doors, cladding, barrier,…

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Arround 5 litters of paint for a 15 square metters surface.

Ingredients

• 3,5L of water
• 350g of wheat or rye flour
• 1kg of ocre
• 100g or 10dL of iron sulfate (that you can find in a gardening store)
• 0,5L of linseed oil
• 5cL of liquid soap (or 5 grams of grated Savon de Marseille)

Recipe

• Dilute the wheat in 1/2 liter of water 
• Add the rest of the water and bring it to the boil.
• Let it bake during  15 minutes while stiring in.
• Then add the ocher and the iron sulfate while stiring in.
• Let it bake while stiring in during 15 minutres
• Add the linseed oil.
• Let it bake while stiring in during 15 minutes.
• Add the soap little by little to boost the emulsion of the linseed oil.
• Let it cool down, then the paint is ready for application.
• Dilute with water if the paint is to thick.
• It is possible to store it for a little time in the fridge but it will be expired pretty fast.

Application

• Clean up the support  : the wood has to be clean, dry and without any mark of the previous pains, so the ocher’s paint can penetrate well in the wood.
• All the variety of wood can be paint. Nevertheless, for new woods, it’s better to let them wash-out under the rain so the tannin do not go out again whand the wood in painted.
• The application is easy. It is possible to dilute with water for the first layer.
• It is better to use a flat brush.

Have fun !

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Name		Type of facility	Environment	Country	Swap?
	La Butinerie	Cottages & furnished rentals, Hotels & guest houses	rural, montagne	France	Yes