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Milk Paint - fptahoe - 06-02-2019 I am thinking about refinishing two night stands that we have. They are like a dark red/brown and appear to be finished in lacquer or a some very durable finish like what you would find on hotel room furniture. You can leave a water glass on top of it over night and no water rings or marking of any kind. We want to give them some nice color, like an off-white or a light blue or something like that. I wanted to try milk paint - I haven't used it before but it looks pretty easy to use. My plan was to wash the night stand down with 1/2 water and 1/2 DNA, and then sand it to rough up the surface, then milk paint (either the real deal or GF acrylic), and then top coat it with GF wipe-on poly. Comments/critique? How many coats of milk paint? Thank you as always... RE: Milk Paint - jteneyck - 06-02-2019 If you decide on GF's Milk Paint, just following the directions: Link I would not topcoat it with GF's Wipe On Poly. You will be disappointed if you leave a wet glass on it for very long. I would use GF's Enduro Clear Poly or, if you can't spray, High Performance Poly. John RE: Milk Paint - Scoony - 06-02-2019 One of the milk paint companies makes a burnishing paste that is acrylic based. I used it on a cabinet and it was easy, durable, and looks good without leaving the milk paint shiny looking. I have used milk paint from both companies as well as the GF milk paint. I actually prefer the GF for ease of application. I have also made my own milk paint using Casin Protein powder, lime, and pigments. Cant seem to get the colors that I want with pigments, but that home made milk paint worked better than what I have bought. RE: Milk Paint - Cooler - 06-03-2019 I've used GF [immitation] milk paint and it is somewhat of a miracle product. Brush it out using a foam brush and when it dries there are no runs, no brush marks, just a perfectly smooth. albeit matte finish. The finish will not stand up to scrapes as they show up as shiny spots. A top coat will be required for the top surface (but probably not for the legs). I used black milk paint, and when I tried to top coat it with matte finish clear, the flatters made it look gray. So check the clear coat first. I ended up using semi-gloss, which was the flattest finish that did not go gray. If you are going with a lighter color this might not be an issue. RE: Milk Paint - hbmcc - 06-11-2019 For outdoor furniture (wood) can GF's "milk paint" be used as a colorant in homemade milk paint? If Scoony's works better than manufactured, maybe I can use the clearance stuff from Rockler to tint it. What I have is pretty deeply colored. I just never bothered, nor saw, getting white for a base. |