Sentences with phrase «milk paint was used»

Natural resin has been used in one room for floor coloring, and old - fashioned milk paint was used on the floor of the main bedroom and the hallway.

Not exact matches

The skin is painted using special techniques to look exactly like a newborn's skin - complete with veins, blotching, and even milk - spots.

I restained the outer ones using a General Finishes gel stain and on my island I used a milk paint also from GF and top coated them with their high performance product and I have been very happy with the way they have held up!

If you are using a milk paint you may want to apply a wax coat to the top of the paint.

Hi Carrie, I always mention paint colour in my posts this one is Miss Mustard Seed Milk Paint in Grain Sack and I used wax on the body of the piece and Tung Oil on the top.

I have made lime sludge... which is from the good ole days, original milk paint, used plaster, gesso, rabbit glue, you name it I used it.

Milk Paint is a powdered paint that I teach workshops about how to mix and use it.

Disclosure: The paint used to complete these projects was provided by The Old Fashioned Milk Paint Company, but all thoughts and opinions are wholly my own.

I took a much needed break from my larger projects, and decided it was the perfect time to give a makeover to some garage sale finds using up some left over milk paint.

If you will not be using furniture specific paint, (milk paint, chalk paint) and your piece is really shiny, I would give it a scuff sanding with 220 grit sandpaper to knock off some of the shine before spraying / painting.

Chalk Paint and Milk Paint I use on the outside of my furniture and the Fusion I have just started to use on the inside (I do not paint the outside of furniture with Fusion, I just don't like working with it, but it is great on the inside — Fusion Paint claims to be a «Chalk - Like Paint» but it is nothing like chalk paint — this is my honest opinion).

Started a project using white milk paint over a very dark piece (bleed thru is not the problem), it's just a much different chemical composition (thinner coverage, even when mixing - in less water) and doesn't cover well, requiring a minimum of 4 coats (great for some projects, but not this one).

Here is my favorite type of milk paint and videos sort of explaining how to use them... which once you see them you will notice the huge difference between it and Chalk Paint as demonstrated in my chalk paint video tutorial.

I'm probably wrong but I thought one of the reasons for using milk paint is that it chipped naturally.

Hi Karen, I am somewhat of a novice at using milk paint, but I had success with painting a base coat in one color, then using the wax puck in spots, and then painting over the piece with a second color of milk paint.

Only time have ever used milk paint was years ago when it was popular, Carol Duvall program time or before.

I've only used GF milk paint on one piece and honestly I wasn't a big fan of it.

I'm sure it's designed for use with her milk paint, but it's expensive and I don't care for it.

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).

This is just an idea, but you can also use a vintage enamel milk jug, some French Made painted jars or some Ikea vases for fresh flowers.

I love using milk paint - your finish is fantastic!

Then I used some Homestead House Salad Bowl Finish to create a resist (read more about that technique here) and then added two coats of Homestead House milk paint in Raw Silk which is a white with a grey undertone.

This was my first time using milk paint and I didn't know what to expect when I first started it.

Murphy uses milk - based casseine paint for it's dryly controllable nature, creating skeins of painted gestures that connect to the fine forms of the wire sculptures but also take the mind in the direction of textiles too.

Organic paint from Old - Fashioned Milk Paint bills itself as «The Greenest Paint There Is,» boasting that the «ingredients in the base paint are used in the food and pharmaceutical industries and are all completely biodegradable» (these include milk protein and mineraMilk Paint bills itself as «The Greenest Paint There Is,» boasting that the «ingredients in the base paint are used in the food and pharmaceutical industries and are all completely biodegradable» (these include milk protein and mineramilk protein and minerals).

Linda, the short answer is yet you can use milk paint on laminate furniture.

I mixed some pitch black milk paint powder with wax and rubbed over, I still wasn't 100 % happy, so I used some silver gel I had left and rubbed it over.

As for the secretary itself, I ended up using Miss Mustard Seed «s «Shutter Gray» milk paint on the outside of it, and I'm currently awaiting the arrival of some «Grain Sack» milk paint to use on the inside of it.

I used Grain Sack - colored milk paint from Miss Mustard Seed, and lem me just tell ya - the winner of the Most Un-Fun Thing In The World To Paint With A Paint Brush is definitely the cubby and drawer section of a secretary.

Founder Charles Thibeau began experimenting with milk paint formulas for his furniture since that was the type of paint that was made and used by the colonists.

I haven't painted with powdered milk paint in a while, so that's what I decided to use for the cabinets.

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).

And speaking of chippiness, remember how I had wanted to showcase the contrast of wood with paint in the way milk paint behaves when no bonding agent is used in the first coat?

I'm actually using Marian's milk paint on this piece.

The powder all over, the mixing, the bits that just won't mix, the bumpy paint, the completely unpredictable way it sticks to some areas and not others (even after using milk paint primer), the way its flaked up in random pieces larger than can be considered attractive «patina,» even after waxing, its short shelf life... The experience (disclaimer — I did not use the Miss Mustard Seed brand) really drove home how lucky I was that acrylics were invented!

The chair was actually painted with left over milk paint, which is my favorite paint to use

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.

One of the ways to extend the creativity, is to literally make your own colors using powdered pigments in OFMP's untinted milk paint base.

Using my trusty method of achieving a non-dragging first coat by dipping the very tips of my natural - bristle brush into water before dipping into the paint mixture, a beautifully - smooth even coat of milk - paint was applied.

Diane's old dresser got a couple coats of Walmart's «County White», (it used to be painted a milk chocolate color.)

My more recent was trying to stencil with a pouncer using milk paint that was pretty thin.

Linseed Oil can be used as an additive to milk paint.

I've never used milk paint before but I know you like it so I'm looking forward to trying it now.

All opinion on the ease of using milk paint, my love of cubbies, and creating a fun painted furniture piece are all my own.

As touched - upon in my Traditional with a Twist post where I also used milk - paint for detail work, OFMP true milk paint is so similar to watercolor because of the water - added - to - a-solid factor, and I plan to use it even more extensively for detail and design work in the near future.

Milk paint is simple to use.

The table is vintage that I painted using Miss Mustard Seed Milk Paint in Flow Blue.

Assemble all your ingredients when ready to paint, as milk paint should be used when fresh for best results.

That is why I incised the lines and used the milk paint.

If you're okay with letting paint do it's own thing, milk paint is by far the easiest paint to use.