On Tue, 21 Jan 2020 17:52:01 -0500, wrote:

On Tue, 21 Jan 2020 12:31:13 -0600, Vic Smith
wrote:

I'm going to WHITEWASH my basement walls. 6' foot high poured concrete and 2' concrete
block. You've probably heard of WHITEWASH.
Anybody have experience with it? I'll COVER UP and whiten the walls with it.
Might mix my own.

We used to use something called drylok when I had a basement. It stops
moisture intrusion although if you really have a water problem it
won't help much. It does hold the humidity down tho.

http://www.drylok.com/products/drylo...terproofer.php

I don't remember white wash being all that good a product. It was just
cheap. (basically just slaked lime and water, maybe with a binder). I
remember it rubbed off on everything. We painted a fence with it when
I was a kid and regretted it. If you just bumped into the fence, you
had a white spot on you. We were poor at the time and it was all we
could afford I guess.

No water problems in the foundation. There are plenty of recipes for whitewash, and it's
dirt cheap, easy to apply and long lasting. I'm only concerned about those white spots
when rubbing against it. A little portland in the mix should fix that, but I'll do some
experimenting.