Whitewash is especially compatible with masonry because it is absorbed easily and the resultant chemical reaction hardens the medium. Lime wash is pure slaked lime in water. It produces a unique surface glow due to the double refraction of calcite crystals. Limewash and whitewash both cure to become the same material.
Palo Alto (/ËpÃ¦loÊ ËÃ¦ltoÊ/ PAL-oh AL-toh; Spanish: [Ëpalo Ëalto]; from palo, literally stick, colloquially tree, and alto tall; meaning: tall tree) is a charter city located in the northwest corner of Santa Clara County, California, in the San Francisco Bay Area of the United States.
The City encompasses an area of approximately 26 square miles, of which one-third is open space. Palo Alto is strategically located and easily accessible to major surface routes, including Interstate 280, Highway 101, Highway 84 - the Dumbarton Bridge and Highway 92 - the Hayward-San Mateo Bridge.