I love how MMS
milk paint chips and the variation in tone you can achieve... everything ranging from a raspberry color to a yellowy - orange!
I love how MMS
milk paint chips and the variation in tone you can achieve... everything ranging from a raspberry color to a yellowy - orange!
Chalk paint and acrylic paint are perfect for layering with milk paint, especially if you're worried about
milk paint chipping right off the existing finish on your piece.
Not exact matches
I did my main bath also with the
milk paint and I have no
chipping going on and we live on a farm!
I'm probably wrong but I thought one of the reasons for using
milk paint is that it
chipped naturally.
If you put a base coat of
milk paint on a piece with the bonding agent and then put a top layer on in another color will you get that wonderful
chipping?
For the base, I did not want any
chipping so I added Bonding Agent to my «Limestone»
milk paint.
You can leave out the bonding agent like I did for the chairs but keep in mind not all furniture will
chip with
milk paint.
This was my first time using General Finishes
milk paint, and it's important to point out that it isn't like traditional
milk paint (no
chipping).
As
milk paint will
chip if no bonding agent is added in most cases it will not stick to laminate as it is non pourous and shiny.
I've not tried the
milk paint because I don't particularly care for the haphazard
chipping look, but this piece has certainly inspired me.
Based on what I've read,
milk paint can sometimes have a mind of its own —
chipping and flaking wherever it sees fit.
You could use
milk paint, but make sure to add the bindig agent or you probably will have
chipping on the cane (unless that's a look you want).
The
milk paint immediately started to peel up in these tiny
chips, which I LOVE.
I used Bonding Agent often with my
milk paint knowing full well that most times it works and keeps the
paint from
chipping much, but
milk paint kinda does what it wants to do sometimes regardless of the plan you have in mind.
There did not appear to be any remaining finish on it, perhaps there never was, so I knew that
milk -
painting would most likely not cause any sort of
chipping which I did not wish for this piece.
I did not use Extra Bond on this project as I wanted some
chipping and my initial tests showed the
milk paint was adhering to the spray
paint pretty well.
Because
milk paint is mixed with water, the water /
paint in the second coat activated the
chipping process, which I wanted.
Love Sarah Richardson, recommend the tutorials from Miss Mustard Seed in using her
milk paint — you can use it without having it all
chip off by adding something to it.
I knew the design I would draw (more on that below) and decided for this piece I did not wish any
chipping to occur which
milk paint so characteristically does when applied to a previously - finished piece.
I have read that if you use
milk paint on raw wood it just acts like a stain with no
chipping.
I recently
painted a coffee table with
milk paint and it
chipped way too much — to the point where there are just small patches of
paint with mostly just the underneath ugly varnish showing.
I chose Soldier Blue, and Tavern Green
milk paint, Extra Bond which prevents
chipping and helps the
paint to adhere to previously finished pieces.
For example, when there is a
milk paint color that you absolutely love and you want that exact color but you don't want it to
chip.
The most unique thing about
milk paint is its tendency to
chip when it meets resistance and thus can't absorb into the surface that you are
painting.
If you are
painting Chalk Paint ® over
chipping Milk Paint - that will still cause the Chalk Paint ® to
chip since the foundation beneath... the «
Milk Paint» is still
chipping since it has not «bonded» with the base surface.
Then use a resist to encourage the
milk paint you put over it to
chip where you want it to.
If you don't want any
chipping when using
milk paint, then why use
milk paint?
Today I'm going to share some of my favorite advanced
milk paint techniques including using bonding agent, layering
milk paint with other types of
paint, resists, how to control the
chipping, how to create a crackle effect, and custom mixing.
(To prevent
chipping on finished surfaces, mix Miss Mustard Seed's bonding agent with the
milk paint.)
Milk paint is suppose to crack and
chip.
The limestone in the
milk paint hardens, so it'll be durable and it has soaked into the paper, so it won't
chip.
I forced
chipping of the
milk paint using 2 methods: 1.
Therefore I decided to forgo the use of OFMP's Extra Bond, which, if applied to the first coat of
milk paint, will act as a primer and not allow any
chipping to occur through all subsequent layers of
paint and medium.