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-# Natural paints+This topic is part of [[gt:buildings|Buildings & construction]]. 
 +====== Natural paints ======
  
  
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-## What are natural paints?+===== What are natural paints? =====
  
 Natural paints or 'eco-' paints are household paints, manufactured for interior and exterior uses, and also for floors and furniture. Natural paints or 'eco-' paints are household paints, manufactured for interior and exterior uses, and also for floors and furniture.
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-Recipes are available in books to make your own paints and pigments from natural ingredients.+_Recipes are available in books to make your own paints and pigments from natural ingredients._
  
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-[Redfield Community](https://redfieldcommunity.org.uk) changed from waterproof paint to eco-paints on all of its 195 sash windows; only natural, breathable materials are now used on the building – for example, as well as paints, lime mortars and linseed oil putty instead of cement mortars or mastics.+_[Redfield Community](https://redfieldcommunity.org.uk) changed from waterproof paint to eco-paints on all of its 195 sash windows; only natural, breathable materials are now used on the building – for example, as well as paints, lime mortars and linseed oil putty instead of cement mortars or mastics._
  
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-How to make ‘quark’ - a binder for milk-based paint recipes.+_How to make ‘quark’ - a binder for milk-based paint recipes._
  
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-## What are the benefits of natural paints?+===== What are the benefits of natural paints? =====
  
 Natural paints are durable, beautiful, and incredibly easy to make. Natural paints, whether bought or home-made, have the following environmental benefits: Natural paints are durable, beautiful, and incredibly easy to make. Natural paints, whether bought or home-made, have the following environmental benefits:
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-The waste products from the manufacture of some brands of natural paints are totally [compostable](/cpst/composting).+_The waste products from the manufacture of some brands of natural paints are totally [compostable](/cpst/composting)._
  
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-A palette of milk paints mixed with a range of natural pigments.+_A palette of milk paints mixed with a range of natural pigments._
  
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-## What can I do?+===== What can I do? =====
  
 You can purchase manufactured natural paints, but they can be more expensive. You can also make your own natural paints with ingredients from nature and that you probably have in your kitchen. And then you control the ingredients and the colour. Before there were paint companies, people made their own paint using natural, non-toxic, often edible ingredients. Here are some ways to make your own natural paints from [clay](http://lowimpactorg.onyx-sites.io/info-articles/sigi-kokos-recipe-from-natural-non-toxic-paint-from-clay), [milk](http://lowimpactorg.onyx-sites.io/info-articles/how-to-make-your-own-natural-paint-with-milk) (called casein paint) or even [eggs](http://lowimpactorg.onyx-sites.io/info-articles/how-to-make-your-own-natural-paints-with-eggs). You can purchase manufactured natural paints, but they can be more expensive. You can also make your own natural paints with ingredients from nature and that you probably have in your kitchen. And then you control the ingredients and the colour. Before there were paint companies, people made their own paint using natural, non-toxic, often edible ingredients. Here are some ways to make your own natural paints from [clay](http://lowimpactorg.onyx-sites.io/info-articles/sigi-kokos-recipe-from-natural-non-toxic-paint-from-clay), [milk](http://lowimpactorg.onyx-sites.io/info-articles/how-to-make-your-own-natural-paint-with-milk) (called casein paint) or even [eggs](http://lowimpactorg.onyx-sites.io/info-articles/how-to-make-your-own-natural-paints-with-eggs).
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-We know that beauty is in the eye of the beholder, but we still think that natural paints are more beautiful.+_We know that beauty is in the eye of the beholder, but we still think that natural paints are more beautiful._
  
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-Making a basic clay paint, with clay, lime and cow dung. Here’s [an even simpler technique](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ag_QCHuoQgk).+_Making a basic clay paint, with clay, lime and cow dung. Here’s [an even simpler technique](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ag_QCHuoQgk)._
  
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-Also available are environmentally-friendly paint and varnish removers, that will also remove textured finishes (like ‘Artex’), and graffiti.+_Also available are environmentally-friendly paint and varnish removers, that will also remove textured finishes (like ‘Artex’), and graffiti._
  
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-## Further resources+===== Forum ===== 
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 +This topic belongs to the section [[gt:buildings|Buildings & construction]]. You can ask questions or add information on the corresponding [Forum section](https://forum.growingthecommons.org/t/buildings). 
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 +===== Further resources =====
  
 - [Community RePaint](https://communityrepaint.org.uk/) - collects leftover paint for community use - [Community RePaint](https://communityrepaint.org.uk/) - collects leftover paint for community use
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-## Specialists+===== Related topics ===== 
 + 
 +- [[lime:Lime]] 
 +- [[diys:DIY]] 
 +- [[craf:Craft| Craft production]] 
 +- [[retf:retrofitting|Retrofitting & refurbishment]] 
 +- [[liho:homes|Low-impact homes]] 
 +- [[clay:Clay plasters]]  
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 +===== Specialist curators of this topic =====
  
  
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