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To Mix White-wash
Ingredients
- 1 peck of unslaked lime
- 2 pounds of whiting
- 1/2 pint of salt
- 1/2 ounce of Prussian blue, finely powdered
Instructions
Pour a kettle of boiling water on the lime, put in the whiting and salt, when all are mixed together, put in the Prussian blue, add water to make it a proper thickness to put on a wall.
Domestic Cookery, Useful Receipts, and Hints to Young Housekeepers.
