Talk:Whitewash

Definition

Kalsomin / Calcimine is NOT another name for whitewash. Calcimine is (more or less) a glue base with an opaque pigment added. It's virtue was cheapness, an attractive appearance and the fact that it can be removed with hot watter and scrubbing. It's main detraction is that unless removed it will cause other coats of paint applied over it to peel and fail.Saxophobia (talk) 14:57, 3 June 2008 (UTC)

Whitewash is Not limewash. the whole premise of this page is wrong in the UK. LIMEWASH is made from lime and depends on carbonation. WHITEWASH is simply unburnt lime like chalk that can be washed off, hence: Whitewash. In my view the whole page needs editing and the distinction made clear, even if it means different things in different countries.--217.44.18.91 (talk) 10:32, 26 February 2014 (UTC)

To me WHITEWASH is a colour which can be made from lime, but does not necessarily have to be. It can e.g. also me made with chalk, gypsum or clay. LIMEWASH is only made from lime. So I aggree with the idea that the whole page needs editing. What do others think? --Greenadia06 (talk) 11:53, 9 February 2016 (UTC)

farming is not revelent to this article

unless someone objects im deleting that section, if you like you can create a separate article about farming and quicklime —Preceding unsigned comment added by Thekiller35789 (talk • contribs) 04:01, 31 December 2009 (UTC)

Topic splitting into separate articles is only done where a shared-topic article is overly long and the other uses get buried. In this case, this article is short enough to nearly be a stub, so no splitting is needed, and the farming applications are closely related to the original meaning of the term. So the content you want to remove should stay here. DMahalko (talk) 12:53, 1 January 2010 (UTC)

ok so you dont have to split the article but i feel that the farming section is the same as making a article about red cars and then putting in a section about blue cars. also the references do not state that soap is an additive to the white wash so until there is more references it should be removed.--Thekiller35789 (talk) 04:28, 2 January 2010 (UTC)

I found this whole article interesting and useful. I think the farming bit is fine myself. However, in it it says 'A mobile whitewashing trailer is used to mix the quicklime ...'. Shouldn't this be hydrated or slaked lime, as it says earlier that quicklime is calcium oxide.Wodawik (talk) 23:18, 5 January 2010 (UTC)

Either can be used, the resulting paint is the same 82.31.207.100 (talk) 21:03, 14 September 2010 (UTC)

Please add your clarification of the quicklime vs. slaked lime point, above, to the body of the article, so that the reader is not left wondering if a mistake has been made. Thank you. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.142.62.133 (talk) 05:15, 8 June 2011 (UTC)

White people this, white people that...

Even in an article about paint you have to attack white people??

Is that reference really necessary and above all relevant???

Shocked much the far-right is gaining popularity?? I wonder why... — Preceding unsigned comment added by 85.139.110.49 (talk) 18:24, 29 November 2014 (UTC)

Requested move 13 August 2026

The following is a closed discussion of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. Editors desiring to contest the closing decision should consider a move review after discussing it on the closer's talk page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

The result of the move request was: not moved. (closed by non-admin page mover) msk 18:59, 27 August 2026 (UTC)

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• Whitewash → Whitewash (paint)
• Whitewash (disambiguation) → Whitewash

– The term may have originated as a reference to a type of paint, but that is not a dominant WP:PRIMARYTOPIC meaning for whitewash in modern history. —⁠ ⁠BarrelProof (talk) 04:08, 13 August 2026 (UTC) — Relisting. Thanks! —1isall (talk | contribs) 04:19, 20 August 2026 (UTC)

A Google Books search does mostly show me this mundane meaning, but there's little detailed coverage in the search output, so it does pose an obvious question of WP:NOTDICT. WikiNav view of clickstreams shows two derived meanings as #2 and #4, which indicates a possibility that changing navigation layout improves reader outcomes. --Joy (talk) 12:42, 13 August 2026 (UTC)

Moreover, there's a pretty even distribution among the top 4 results, with the #1 result getting ≈ 11% of the outgoing clicks. —Myceteae‍🍄‍🟫 (talk) 21:44, 22 August 2026 (UTC)

• Support per nom. Whitewashing (communications) is of great importance these days. BD2412 T 00:37, 14 August 2026 (UTC)
• Oppose. No PT for "Whitewashing", but I think for simple "whitewash" the current setup is fine. Srnec (talk) 03:07, 17 August 2026 (UTC)
• Oppose. Still the primary topic. -- Necrothesp (talk) 15:21, 17 August 2026 (UTC)
• Oppose. I note nom says in modern history... but whitewash (the paint) is still widely used. Perhaps less so in western countries where many children now spend far more time playing video games than hopscotch and similar outdoor activities which once used pavement chalk and whitewash. And many playgrounds now have astroturf and outdoor play mats with roadways and crossings and all sorts of built-in decor. But whitewash is still widely used both in the West and worldwide. So it's not so much modern history as current practice. And of course it's not just western countries that speak English and read English Wikipedia. Whitewash (the paint) has many advantages and will remain popular, and the primary topic of the term. Andrewa (talk) 06:27, 20 August 2026 (UTC)
• Oppose Whitewash is still extremely commonly used around the world, while "whitewashing" is an explicitly Western term. From a global standpoint, the paint is primary. ᴢxᴄᴠʙɴᴍ (ᴛ) 02:30, 21 August 2026 (UTC)
• Support per nom. My review of Google Books and Google Scholar shows quite varied usage, but more often related to coverups (whitewashing (communication)) or racial politics than these other topics. OED dates the meaning covered at whitewashing (communication) to 1703. Thus this usage is not terribly recent. I'm not sure what to make of the dismissal of this usage as 'western'. The paint may still be widely used in regions that are less well represented on Wikipedia but just asserting that this is true without any basis in sources is not a policy-based argument and it verges on WP:RGW. A Google News search of whitewash India is pretty much all sports coverage describing whitewash (sport). A Google Scholar search reveals varied usage on the first several pages including the paint, coverups and reputation laundering ('communication'), and whitewashing in film and other race-related usage. Of course some of these publications may be 'western' even if they are covering India.—Myceteae‍🍄‍🟫 (talk) 22:09, 22 August 2026 (UTC)
• Oppose. In addition to what has been said, Wikinav data shows that more people click on links related to the paint vs. just going to Whitewash (disambiguation) or Whitewashing (communications). This indicates that a majority of people find what they are looking for here, and want to learn more about the paint. Combining that with the fact that whitewashing is a different word, I think this is still the primary topic for whitewash. ;; Maddy from Celeste (WAVEDASH) 18:56, 27 August 2026 (UTC)

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