- 1). Choose hydrated lime to make the whitewash. The other kind of lime, called garden or agricultural lime, is gray and not suitable for making whitewash.
- 2). Use a large bucket or pail to mix the whitewash whose size depends on how much you whitewash you want to make.
- 3). Cover your mouth and nose with a dust mask and put on gloves. Lime can irritate your respiratory tract and can burn your skin if you have direct contact with it.
- 4). Measure 6 cups of hydrated lime, 2 cups of salt and 1 gallon of water for each gallon of whitewash that you need. Mix the ingredients together gradually rather than all at once to ease the mixing process. Continue to mix until all the ingredients are thoroughly combined.
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