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.
Stanford Universityâs campus extends over 8,180 contiguous acres in both Santa Clara and San Mateo. counties. As of 2015, the Universityâs unincorporated area in Santa Clara County spans 6.28 square miles. The University also owns approximately 1.81 square miles of land in the incorporated City of Palo Alto as.