cooked Posted February 24, 2017 Share Posted February 24, 2017 I just realised that I have never seen builders' lime in the warehouses here, or not that I have noticed. We will be cleaning up the chicken house (previously rice storage) soon and I assumed that I could finish with whitewash, made with builders lime (Ca (OH)2. Any reason why this is a bad idea in Thailand, apparently, I used it all the time in Switzerland. Thaiwatsadu no have anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grollies Posted February 24, 2017 Share Posted February 24, 2017 interesting topic, especially the antibacterial properties. Don't know why it is unavailable here, wifey doesn't know of it and being so cheap I'm surprised it's not sold. Maybe another poster knows where to get it. Paint is so expensive here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kickstart Posted February 24, 2017 Share Posted February 24, 2017 Again in our big dairying area we have lot of lime for sale ,farmer use it for its antibacterial properties in the cattle sheds to help prevent mastitis, and to put down in the drive way of houses at times of foot and mouth outbreak ,not a lot of use ,but it keeps them happy , a 5 kg bag is about 20 baht . If you have an dairy cow area near you they should have some . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cooked Posted February 24, 2017 Author Share Posted February 24, 2017 8 hours ago, kickstart said: Again in our big dairying area we have lot of lime for sale ,farmer use it for its antibacterial properties in the cattle sheds to help prevent mastitis, and to put down in the drive way of houses at times of foot and mouth outbreak ,not a lot of use ,but it keeps them happy , a 5 kg bag is about 20 baht . If you have an dairy cow area near you they should have some . So in Thai, what is it called? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kickstart Posted February 25, 2017 Share Posted February 25, 2017 14 hours ago, cooked said: So in Thai, what is it called? Boon -Khow ,or บูนขาว in Thai script. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cooked Posted August 16, 2017 Author Share Posted August 16, 2017 Just to let anyone know that's interested, that "Whitewash" - Calcium Hydroxide - is a available in our small village store. I was looking for it at the builders' stores, wrong place. ฿70.- for one sack, 10Kg, in Switzerland Ca(OH)2 is much cheaper than cement....this works out at 3 1/2 times more expensive than cement which is why they don't use it when making mortar. We had a dead ducks problem yesterday, since then find out that the neighbour lost ALL his fighting cocks and didn't bother to tell anyone, same thing in a neighbouring village. Bought a sack this morning and scattered it on the ground as per instructions from the missus, will buy more tomorrow and complete the job. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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