[WWI] Painting wood - the Swedish way

[Carlos Carreira]

Umm... Dr VanHelsing explanation seems reasonable...
Where's Neil when he is needed?

carlos

On 3/2/07, Diego Fernetti <dfernet0 at rosario.gov.ar> wrote:
>
> Carlos!
> > Diego, why milk?
>
> As proved by recent lab analysis, the lactose amount in some milk brands
> can
> affect the pigmentation to a molecular level (especially those near the
> blue/violet spectrum), since actually the enzimatic group involved in the
> biologic fluids can in some aspects vary the ph of surrounding media, as
> described in the 1987 paper by Dr. Lucius VanHelsing... Gee, Carlos,
> really
> I don't know why.
> Perhaps because whole milk has fat in it and that makes the dull finish to
> shine a little more?
>
> > I went to Alberto's gallery but the photos probably dont do
> > justice to the model and I couldn't notice any difference in sheen.
> > What kind of coat can be added after?
>
> Yes, it's unnoticeable in those pictures. Alberto sent an email with that
> description of his method, but I can't recall if it was on the list or
> offlist. As far as I know, he didn't overcoated that last "fatty" coat.
> D.
>
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