[Stoves] egg as binder in chinese terracotta statues

[andrew]

On Saturday 19 April 2008 23:33, jim mason wrote:
> for the ongoing discussion of binders, here's a new one for me.
>  egg. used in lacquer paint on the ancient chinese terracotta
> statues

If you trawl through the archives you'll find a post by Ken Goyer on 
6/12/04 where he tells us that the RMS Queen Mary  funnel was 
painted with a buttermilk suspension, to counter corrosion.

AJH