I am trying to learn about whitewashing wood, because making part of the exterior-facing fence white where it’s shaded in under a 40yo coast redwood would reflect enough light for better growing conditions on Blueberry Hill.

And it is infuriating how much of the shit out there – including instructions for “whitewashing” with paint that is not in fact whitewash – is just keyword-running after some vintage farmhouse aesthetic.

I want to turn a wood fence durably white! This has to be the lindy use-case for whitewash! That was Tom Sawyer’s chore!