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(sockhead Has been here for years, just doesnt post much, Thu 3 Apr 2008, 6:53, archived)

Many have heard of the brilliant stucco whitewash on the east end of the President's house at Washington.
The following is a receipt for it:

Take 1/2 bushel nice unslaked lime, slake it with boiling water, cover it during the process to keep in the steam. Strain the liquid through a fine sieve or strainer, and add to it a peck of salt, previously well dissolved in warm water, 3 lbs. ground rice, boiled to a thin paste, and stirred in boiling hot, 1/2 lb. powdered Spanish whiting, and 1 lb. of clean glue, which has been previously dissolved by soaking it well, and then hang it over a slow fire, in a small kettle within a large one filled with water. Add 5 galls. of hot water to the mixture, stir it well, and let it stand a few days, covered from the dirt. It should be put on right hot: for this purpose, it can be kept in a kettle on a portable furnace.
(_Felix suspicious character from prehistoric caucasus, Thu 3 Apr 2008, 6:58, archived)