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's main campus includes a census-designated place within unincorporated Santa Clara County, although some of the university land (such as the Stanford Shopping Center and the Stanford Research Park) is within the city limits of Palo Alto.