Milk Paint Cabinets

Hi kala i would recommend cleaning and sanding them and then priming them before painting.

Milk paint cabinets.

Mixed milk paint also goes bad so use it on the day it is mixed or leave it overnight in the refrigerator and use the following day. And they were 100 correct. Milk painted upper cabinets cherry bases. Other paints take hours to dry.

My milk paint cabinets 6 month follow up. Named for it slow luster sheen it mimics the look of old world furniture paint. The milk paint is a custom mix of colors from the old fashioned milk paint company. Give the second coat of primer 4 hours to dry before you move on to theâ milk paint.

Hemp oil is a great top coat for milk paint. Milk paint can be applied successfully to cabinet face frames edges or drawer fronts with a brush pad or small cabinet specific roller such as whizz or allpro brand. General finishes does not recommend topcoating snow white due to the possibility of yellowing or ambering over time because of this we always recommend 4 coats of. The milk paint is durable enough for cabinets without a top coat.

My milk paint cabinets after one year. Top coats are optional but they protect paint from moisture and wear. As milk paint must be. But because milk paint cracks flakes and distresses more easily it is ideally suited for farmhouse style kitchen cabinets and vintage furniture like antique dressers.

Be sure to allow adequate dry time. If you happened to read my six month follow up i was happy to report only one small chip in the paint after half of a year. I applied two coats of oil based polyurethane by brush. With the milk paint i could finish two coats on about ten different doors in a few hours.

You can also use a wax or poly topcoat. This small chip had actually penetrated through the original oil paint as well exposing the original wood. Dry 2 hours between coats and before gf water based topcoat in ideal conditions. Back in october i decided to paint my kitchen island with milk paint and it truly was the easiest experience i have ever had painting cabinets.

This really is a huge benefit of using general finishes milk paint. This photo was taken after the kitchen had been in use for 12 years. I am sure some of you are curious to see how they are holding up so i wanted to give you a follow up report. Unused milk paint should be sealed and kept in a dry area.

It is not a powdered casein based milk paint but a premixed modern version that is so durable it does not require a topcoat unless you want to increase the sheen. I speculated that the blemish was most likely due to a foot stool i had. Face frames on cabinets. Painting kitchen cabinets is a long process no matter what you do but this dry time can significantly simplify the process.