[Regia-NA] milk paint

[Peter Griffith]

I think I must clear up a misconception here in that Milk
Paint takes it's name from what I gather of the orginial
lime used in the making of the various pigments added to it.
 It is the same thing as Caesin as goes and does carry
itself back many centuries but under a different name it
seems.  The basics for milk paint is the same as for making
up paint of the period.  Todays milk paint is a very good
substitute in my opinion for the way the paint was made
then.  An example of this is the same way some of the paint
was made to due canvas in the late 18th and 19th century. 
It had to be pliable yet tough to handle the job and wear. 
Today we use Laytex black paint and come up with the same
durable yet flexable canvas.  The use of milk paint is the
same.  Now unless you want to produce the orginial formulas
for the paint the modern milk paint is the best solution. 
Milk paint (which died out here in the 20th century) was
reborn with two companies and deliver a very good paint. 
When painted and dried milk paint will give you any of the
hues that are need for the time period.  If you check my
website at www.dutchpond.com you will see the color chart
for milk paint and can tell as to what color you need to do
a specific job.  Milk Paint comes out dull when painted and
will adhere to most surfaces and works best on porus
materials.  There are various coating that can be used to
protect it even further such as a mixture of olive oil mixed
with a drying solution as was done three hundred years ago
or leave it alone so it will wear naturaly.  Our shields
have the option to be painted with milk paint or laytex and
covered in a satin finish that will wear down over a short
period of time to deliver a matte to dull finish.  When
mixed and done right even laytex can do the job you need to
do.  But mixing and doing it right is what it takes.  All in
my humble opinion.

Peter