Group Global 3000 opens art space on site Sat. 01/05/2013

Installation, preparing casein paint with chalk, Tom Albrecht

Renovate sustainably – repair instead of buying new.

Valve handle with new insert

The plastic handle on the water valve is spinning. The sanitary trade refers to the company Klemz GmbH in Bürcknerstr., Berlin Neukölln. There are small inserts for 80 ct. This saves one fitting.

Shut-off valve, hemp, tool

The shut-off valve in front of the cold water meter is stuck. The sanitary trade also refers to Fa. Klemz GmbH. You give me a used valve core. He fits! So no new one had to be produced and I saved money.

The latch on the window was broken. Removing and spreading the rivet with the ” punch ” took a quarter of an hour’s work and avoided making and getting a new bolt.

Latch with rivet

Chalk wall paint

Wall paint can be produced more environmentally friendly. Our experiment with chalk distemper, low-fat quark, the pigment lithopone and borax, which breaks down the casein in the quark, produced a slightly grey-reddish wall paint that was easy to spread. It is well suited for living rooms, but not for our showroom that needs light walls.

Tom Albrecht 2/11/13