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Topic: modern paint kind of sucks as an outdoor surface protector

boof started this discussion 1 year ago #119,328

The shit is likely a polymer/plastic substance, and as it wears and falls off, you get microplastics. A study suggests that 58% of ocean microplastics is from fucking paint.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-07-19/your-house-paint-is-causing-an-ocean-plastic-problem
Here's something about the microscopic nature of a paint mixture:
https://enveurope.springeropen.com/articles/10.1186/s12302-024-00844-6

Anonymous B joined in and replied with this 1 year ago, 3 minutes later[^] [v] #1,308,594

Plastics: can't live with them, can't live without them

Anonymous C joined in and replied with this 1 year ago, 26 seconds later, 3 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #1,308,595

Everything is fucking plastic nowadays, what's wrong with good old lime

Anonymous B replied with this 1 year ago, 1 minute later, 4 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #1,308,596

@previous (C)
We never should have started drilling for oil, that's where everything went wrong

boof (OP) replied with this 1 year ago, 12 minutes later, 17 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #1,308,597

why I recall a time when you used a fine mixture we called whitewash. Tom Sawyer, he would be whitewashing the fence while his pal had the job of fetching a pail of water from the town pump

Anonymous C replied with this 1 year ago, 6 minutes later, 24 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #1,308,599

@previous (boof)

That's what I meant by lime, it's good stuff and very white.

boof (OP) replied with this 1 year ago, 12 minutes later, 36 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #1,308,601

Oh and I just read that you can add pig's blood for a pinkish hue

boof (OP) double-posted this 1 year ago, 35 minutes later, 1 hour after the original post[^] [v] #1,308,603

There's something called milk paint that is based on casein, the milk protein. If this becomes in widespread use again, I imagine casein could be sourced from genetically modified yeast, which have already been invented.

Anonymous D joined in and replied with this 1 year ago, 1 minute later, 1 hour after the original post[^] [v] #1,308,604

Brick buildings were fine - there's an answer for everything if people are serious about solutions!
I'm assuming microplastics are the 'lead paint / leaded fuel' or 'asbestos' of our generation.

Meta !Sober//iZs joined in and replied with this 1 year ago, 1 hour later, 2 hours after the original post[^] [v] #1,308,608

@1,308,597 (boof)

> why I recall a time when you used a fine mixture we called whitewash. Tom Sawyer, he would be whitewashing the fence while his pal had the job of fetching a pail of water from the town pump

But then you would just be bitching about all the micro-whitewash particles everywhere.

boof (OP) replied with this 1 year ago, 4 minutes later, 2 hours after the original post[^] [v] #1,308,609

@previous (Meta !Sober//iZs)
nah I good with it

Anonymous C replied with this 1 year ago, 54 minutes later, 3 hours after the original post[^] [v] #1,308,615

@1,308,608 (Meta !Sober//iZs)

It's just calcium carbonate or some shit

boof (OP) replied with this 1 year ago, 52 minutes later, 4 hours after the original post[^] [v] #1,308,620

someday someone will sell us actual shit to rub onto our homes

Anonymous C replied with this 1 year ago, 5 minutes later, 4 hours after the original post[^] [v] #1,308,623

@previous (boof)

Wattle and daub

boof (OP) replied with this 1 year ago, 1 minute later, 4 hours after the original post[^] [v] #1,308,625

I like chicken wattles
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