In a message dated 9/23/99 12:44:24 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
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> Here's a small extract from a book entitled Colour Schemes for Old
>  Australian Houses by yours truly and the Sydney conservation
>  architects Clive Lucas and Ian Stapleton:
>
>  "Exterior wall surfaces were sometimes coloured with a
>  semi-transparent red oxide wash ..."

Ian,

I express sincere gratitude for at least one BP'r responding with useful
information. ;-)

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