Country Lore: Crafting Clay Paint

By Mother Earth News
Published on March 17, 2020
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by Sherry Pollard

Crafting Clay Paint

We’ve experimented with various natural paints over the years. We wanted a paint we could apply once, that wouldn’t dust, and that would have a consistent matte finish (and, of course, that could be made using natural materials). At last, we’ve found our recipe. We knew wheat paste could be added to a clay paint, or even just pasted over the top to make the wall durable.

We mixed a poster paste recipe with our own clay paint. The paint we made was incredibly durable, gave a beautiful consistent color, and barely dusted, even right after drying. Here’s the recipe.

  • 18 parts cold water, divided, for flour/sugar mixture
  • 6 parts white wheat flour
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