better paint

this evening i made a great new batch of milk-paint. at least, i think it's great. i'm not positive it's going to stick well. but, so far it looks great. first of all, i had to forget about the recipies i've been trying. none of them seemed to work as advertised. so, i've embarked on my own exploration. my laboratory (aka kitchen) results show that about two tablespoons of white vinegar per cup of skim milk produces good curd, the basis of milk-paint. temperature is critical. if the milk just came out of the refrigerator, very little happens even overnight. if it's room temperature, about eight hours produces good curd. if you heat the milk way up, but not boiling, the reaction takes place immediately, but you get very big globs of curd that you can't paint with. however, i've discovered that you can take these monster curds and puree them in a blender to produce a paint base that feels and goes on like "real" paint. tonight i tested out plain quark paint (with pigment), quark and linseed oil, and finally quark, linseed oil, whiting and pigment. they all seem to go on beautifully, cover extemely well and dry in less than five minutes. you have to work fast and be focused. this paint seemed too good to be true, so tomorrow morning i'll check to see if the pigment rubs off. if so, i'll have to make some adjustments.