The silicate paint is an interesting technique for painting and decorating walls, even outdoors, based on mineral pigments and a silicic binder.
It is also called stereochromy and glass water, it is used for wall decoration when faster drying is needed compared to lime paint and when working at lower temperatures.
In this panel I did a test of the yield of the silicate paint, comparing it with the chromatic yield of lime paint, cheaper, but also more used in the field of restoration.
Both lime paint and silicate paint must be used on a lime wall, so I prepared a panel on which I spread a thin layer of mortar and a veil of base color at fresco.
I then reproduced the chosen motif with the dusting technique and began to create the shapes and colors with lime.
The difficulty with this type of technique is the rendering of the colors, with lime they whiten a lot and you will never get very saturated dark tones.
On the other hand the colors are bright and when applied in glazes they allow very delicate and effective chromatic passages.
Lime paint has been used since ancient times over the fresco and to complete it.
