whitewash any pros or cons

[Stan]

My grandpa use to whitewash everything in the spring.   It is simple to make and use.   I do not think it has any bad qualities.

Anyhow, we have about 400 ft of old wood fence and I am thinking of mixing up a batch of whitewash and coating it.

Anyone have any comments ?   Thanks,  Stan

[amymcg]

Hi Stan,

how do you make your whitewash?

[Stan]

http://fiascofarm.com/recipes/whitewash.html

You need lime, salt and water.   Be sure to read the above web page.  There are two kinds of lime for sale.  

My granddad mixed it up in a 5 gal pail and used a cheap brush with a long handle to put it on, I think the brushes were made for putting on roofing tar.  

Stan

[amymcg]

Ahh,

OK - I never really knew what was in whitewash before.

Sounds like it would be good to kind of inexpensively spruce things up at the beginning of the season.