Talk:Whitewash

Kalsomin / Calcimine is NOT another name for whitewash. Calcimine is (more or less) a glue base with an opaque pigment added. It's virtue was cheapness, an attractive appearance and the fact that it can be removed with hot watter and scrubbing. It's main detraction is that unless removed it will cause other coats of paint applied over it to peel and fail.Saxophobia (talk) 14:57, 3 June 2008 (UTC)

Whitewash is Not limewash. the whole premise of this page is wrong in the UK. LIMEWASH is made from lime and depends on carbonation. WHITEWASH is simply unburnt lime like chalk that can be washed off, hence: Whitewash. In my view the whole page needs editing and the distinction made clear, even if it means different things in different countries.--217.44.18.91 (talk) 10:32, 26 February 2014 (UTC)
 * To me WHITEWASH is a colour which can be made from lime, but does not necessarily have to be. It can e.g. also me made with chalk, gypsum or clay. LIMEWASH is only made from lime. So I aggree with the idea that the whole page needs editing. What do others think? --Greenadia06 (talk) 11:53, 9 February 2016 (UTC)

farming is not revelent to this article
unless someone objects im deleting that section, if you like you can create a separate article about farming and quicklime —Preceding unsigned comment added by Thekiller35789 (talk • contribs) 04:01, 31 December 2009 (UTC)


 * Topic splitting into separate articles is only done where a shared-topic article is overly long and the other uses get buried. In this case, this article is short enough to nearly be a stub, so no splitting is needed, and the farming applications are closely related to the original meaning of the term. So the content you want to remove should stay here. DMahalko (talk) 12:53, 1 January 2010 (UTC)

ok so you dont have to split the article but i feel that the farming section is the same as making a article about red cars and then putting in a section about blue cars. also the references do not state that soap is an additive to the white wash so until there is more references it should be removed.--Thekiller35789 (talk) 04:28, 2 January 2010 (UTC)

I found this whole article interesting and useful. I think the farming bit is fine myself. However, in it it says 'A mobile whitewashing trailer is used to mix the quicklime ...'. Shouldn't this be hydrated or slaked lime, as it says earlier that quicklime is calcium oxide.Wodawik (talk) 23:18, 5 January 2010 (UTC)

Either can be used, the resulting paint is the same 82.31.207.100 (talk) 21:03, 14 September 2010 (UTC)

Please add your clarification of the quicklime vs. slaked lime point, above, to the body of the article, so that the reader is not left wondering if a mistake has been made. Thank you. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.142.62.133 (talk) 05:15, 8 June 2011 (UTC)

White people this, white people that...
Even in an article about paint you have to attack white people??

Is that reference really necessary and above all relevant???

Shocked much the far-right is gaining popularity?? I wonder why... — Preceding unsigned comment added by 85.139.110.49 (talk) 18:24, 29 November 2014 (UTC)