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What is French for 'lime wash' please?


nectarine

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I want to lime-wash a wooden shed but wonder if I can obtain the product in France and don't know what it's called. In my dictionary there is a translation of 'chaux' but it doesn't specify whether this is the product I want.

I've tried to Google this and got a product called 'badgeon' but wonder if this is whitewash instead. I'm getting baffled!

Can anybody advise me please? any thanks
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Lime is 'chaux' and generally comes in 35kg sacks.

Lime wash is 'chaux' + 'eau' - you can also add dyes to colour it.

I'm not sure if you can buy small quantities of chaux - maybe someone else has............

EDIT

Just found in an online dictionary.......... peinture à la chaux or blanchir à la chaux

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