Whitewash

:"Whitewashing," is a common term for Censorship

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Whitewash is a type of inexpensive paint made from slaked lime (Calcium hydroxide, or Ca(OH)2) and chalk (whiting). Other additives have historically included milk, flour, salt, glue, water glass and soap. Whitewash cures through a reaction with carbon dioxide in the atmosphere to form calcite.

Related Topics:
Paint - Slaked lime - Calcium hydroxide - Chalk - Milk - Flour - Salt - Glue - Water glass - Soap - Carbon dioxide - Calcite

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It is usually applied externally, as Tom Sawyer was famously made to do to a fence in Mark Twain's The Adventures of Tom Sawyer. Occasionally it is colored and used on interiors, such as the hallways of apartment buildings. Whitewash is especially effective on adobe-like materials because it is absorbed easily and the resultant chemical reaction hardens the substrate.

Related Topics:
Tom Sawyer - Mark Twain - The Adventures of Tom Sawyer - Adobe

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Lime wash is pure slaked lime in water. It produces a unique surface glow due the to refraction of calcite crystals.

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