Most paint is plastic. Lime is stone.
Ordinary paint dries into a plastic film on top of your wall. Lime soaks in and slowly turns back into limestone — so there's no film to peel, and the wall keeps breathing.
What goes wrong with plastic paint — and what lime does instead
It bubbles and peelswhen moisture builds up behind the film.
Nothing to peelLime adheres without forming a film: it bonds into the wall as it cures.
It keeps cold walls wetA sealed film holds condensation on the surface.
The wall keeps breathingVapor-permeable lime helps prevent condensation on cold walls.
It looks flatThe same color, the same sheen, at every hour.
It moves with the lightSoft, cloud-like depth, matte, alive from morning to evening.
Repainting means another layerSand, prime, add more film.
A fresh coat, not a new layer of plasticA tired lime wall takes a thin new coat of lime.
From stone, back to stone
Why lime behaves so differently, in three steps.
- 1
Limestone is fired
Heat drives the carbon dioxide out of limestone and leaves lime.
- 2
Lime meets water
Slaked with water and colored with mineral pigments, it becomes limewash.
- 3
On your wall, it turns back to stone
Over about 30 days it takes CO₂ back from the air and hardens into limestone, inside the surface of your wall.
Honest about lime
What we'd tell a friend before they buy.
- Technical + safety information. See the current TDS and SDS for complete application, handling and safety information.
- It needs a mineral surface. Over latex paint it can't bond — strip film-forming paint first, or choose GrafGen™.
- No two walls are identical. The final tone varies slightly from the sample; that variation is the finish.
- It takes 30 days to fully cure. Don't wash or scrub it until then.
What's in the pail
Artisanal lime from southern Spain, mineral pigments and CaCO₃™ Technology (Graphene Technology), formulated in Andalusia.
- Zero VOC in OxiGen™ Limewash and GrafGen™ Interior/Exterior; Trace VOC (under 1 g/L, ISO 11890-2) across most of the range
- Free of solvents and microplastics
- Colored only with light-stable mineral pigments