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The Plan: Make white paint out of egg shells
1.Egg Shells
1.Egg Shells
step 1 collect expensive egg shells
2. Clean
2. Clean
gave them a quick boil to clean
3. Dry
3. Dry
then set them out to dry
4. 100 grams
4. 100 grams
I start with 100g, that sounds like a nice round number
5. Crunch Time
5. Crunch Time
ready for the mortar and pestle
6. First Grind Result
6. First Grind Result
7. Sifting first Grind
7. Sifting first Grind
8. No Shadows were harmed during this process
8. No Shadows were harmed during this process
9. Second Grind Result
9. Second Grind Result
10. Final Grind
10. Final Grind
11. Weighed it Out
11. Weighed it Out
12. Final Pigment Powder
12. Final Pigment Powder
Ended up with 94 grams of powder...not too bad!!!
13. Ready to Make Paint
13. Ready to Make Paint
14. Pigment powder
14. Pigment powder
15. Little Well
15. Little Well
16. Add Oil
16. Add Oil
17. Mix together
17. Mix together
18. Mull
18. Mull
19. Add Oil
19. Add Oil
20. More Oil
20. More Oil
21. More Mulling
21. More Mulling
22. Oil Paint???
22. Oil Paint???
At this point I could tell something wasn't quite right. The entire process was gross and grainy...and didn't feel right. I ended up with oil paint...but I wouldn't use it for anything paint related. It was too grainy rough. Back to the videos to see where we might have gone wrong......
23. Re grind with water
23. Re grind with water
24. and grind and grind and grind
24. and grind and grind and grind
25. Pour into a cup
25. Pour into a cup
26. Let bigger stuff fall
26. Let bigger stuff fall
27. Final stir and pour
27. Final stir and pour
28. Keeping the fine particles and not the big stuffs
28. Keeping the fine particles and not the big stuffs
29. High tech filtration system
29. High tech filtration system
30. Spread out to dry
30. Spread out to dry
31. After 1 day
31. After 1 day
32. After 3 days
32. After 3 days
all dry
33. Ready to grind
33. Ready to grind
34. Feels much better
34. Feels much better
35. Much better
35. Much better
ready to add some oil...this batch feels much finer!!!
so we try again
add oil
mull and mull and mull
and mull and mull and mull
and mull and mull and mull
that looks pretty close to paint!!!!! woot woot
making a bigger batch
looks pretty good
gonna see how long it will last in this jar
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