Benefits to painting?

[ChickPeas]

Does anyone know if there are any benefits as far as pest control by painting the inside of the coop?

I've seen a a couple of articles about painting with a lyme white wash, a DE wash, ACV, and regular paint to help with mites, flies or any other nasty little creature that might make it's home in the wood.

ANy commetns? Experience?
Liz in Iron Station, NC

 

[Love my Critters!]

I'm not sure about the white washing, though I've heard it works well, I've never done it. The inside of my coop doesn't have regular paint but I did paint my nesting boxes with a nontoxic water based semi-gloss paint. I painted after caulking all the seams. It makes it a breeze to clean and disinfect. I also feel that I can get them germ free, because nothing can "soak" into the wood. Hope this helped a little bit. Someone else with more infor will come along.

 

[LynneP]

We used white latex to brighten the coop, enhance natural wavelengths and to spot pests, which are more easily seen against white...