Alum salt fixes colour, waiting for the dry of the coating or the limewash paint. Put 1 kg of alum salt for 10 kg of lime.
Warning : it does not allow the anchor of the limewash paint on a closed support.
Essential product for the recipe of the flour paint outdoor, the iron sulphate is also used in gardening (anti-foam, prevention of the deficiency of plants in iron, iron veneer, etc).
Did you know ? In the Middle Ages, monks's ink was made of iron sulphate and gall-nut.
IRON SULFATE
Methylcellulose is used in the preparation of paints and limewashes, as well as mortars or lime stuccoes. It is an adjuvant and a water retainer. It is also used as a resin for the manufacture of traditional gouaches as well as for the preparation of vinyl, acrylic and tempera colors.
METHYLCELLULOSE
Black soap is a necessary ingredient in the flour paint recipe. Beyond that, it is a multi-purpose cleaner, dermatologically tested (read our natural home cleaning recipes). Made with olive oil, it is certified Ecocert.
OLIVE OIL BLACK SOAP - ECOCERT
Glue of animal origin, it has a powerful tackiness and can be used in many ways (sealant, glue, coating, paint, etc). The rabbit skin glue is known for its properties of flexibility and finesse.
RABBIT SKIN GLUE
Calcium carbonate is a natural product of multiple uses (paintings, coatings and limewashes, glues and sealants, concretes, casts, road mixes, marbles and reconstituted stones, plastic, PVC and rubber, paper, glassware, ceramic enamel, detergent, insecticide, for the manufacture of chalk or pastel).
CALCIUM CARBONATE
Meudon white acts as a filler and opacifying in the manufacture of many recipes of traditional paints, but also for the preparation of surfaces to be painted. It allows to increase the covering capacity of paints and is also used as a household product. This ingredient is present in many of our recipes of artistic paintings or for the cleaning of your house.
MEUDON WHITE
The marble powder B30 is impalpable, extra fine.
MARBLE POWDER B30
The marble powder with grain size 0/350 is comparable to flour. Use in stucco, marmorino, coating, etc.
MARBLE POWDER 0/350
The marbe powder 350/630 particle size is comparable to fine salt. It is used in stucco, marmorino, coatings, etc.
MARBLE POWDER 350/630
The marble powder 06/1.5 has a mixture of grains between 0.6 and 1.5 mm which looks like semolina of couscous.
This marble powder is comparable to Carrara’s statuary marble.
MARBLE POWDER 06/1.5
Linseed oil, appreciated for its siccativity, is the most used, as a grinding binder, to develop oil colors. It is also a necessary ingredient in the flour paint recipe.
LINSEED OIL
Arabic gum is the binder traditionally used for watercolor. It is made from acacia and is the oldest of the gums.
ARABIC GUM IN POWDER
Dammar gum is a resin secreted by a tree in the Indonesian Islands. It has been used since the 19th century in painting for the manufacture of varnishes and painting mediums. It produces a natural, transparent, satin-to-gloss finish, which does not yellow over time. Used as an adjuvant in oil paint and wax, it is soluble in the aqueous phases and is diluted in the essence of turpentine.
DAMMAR GUM
Casein (milk protein) is a natural fixative for limewash paints to which it provides matte and velvety. Used by artists from the Middle Ages, it is perfect for frescoes and icons. A little neglected over time, it returns to fashion especially in the decoration of painted furniture.
CASEIN
This liquid acrylic binder with water is used to fix the pigments on a support. It is flexible and makes the support washable while keeping some porosity. It is also used as a replacement for a white paint, and makes it possible to obtain the hue of the powdered pigments, which is not the case with a white paint.
LIQUID ACRYLIC BINDER
Acrylic powder binder is a mixture of vinyl acetate and acrylic copolymer. It provides good adhesion, flexibility and water resistance to mortars containing hydraulic binders such as cement, gypsum or lime. It can be used for many applications (binder for artistic paintings, cementitious tile adhesive, thermal insulation system, flexible glue, repair mortar, etc).
ACRYLIC POWDER BINDER
Lime water is the water used to extinguish quicklime. It is therefore still lime-laden but no longer has the white color that inevitably fades the dye. Its transparency makes it possible to create very bright tones without blocking the support.
LIME WATER
The putty lime of Augmentel allows you to make your own limewash paints and lime coatings. To use natural or to color with our pigments Ocres de France.
PUTTY LIME OF AUGMENTEL
Tradical 98 is a slaked calcium lime corresponding to the new European standard E 459.1 (currently CL 90 NF P 15.311). Extremely pure and natural, it is used for the formulation of coatings, mortars and paints for the realization of restoration and conservation works, especially on historical monuments.
TRADICAL 98 (AERIAL LIME IN POWDER)
High performance indoor/outdoor waterproofing. Professional range. For floors, walls, roofs.
Water repellent, oil repellent. Stain repellent.