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Go Bold With Milk Paint
Earlier this week I posted about my Chunky Chippy Milk Paint Project. I promised to post all the details, my thought process, and how I feel about it. Here goes…..
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I purchased the wardrobe at My Favorite Junk Shop.
I paid way too much for it but I have a really hard time finding big pieces of furniture.
And I loved the mirrored doors.
I paid $100 for it….yeah, I know….but I wanted it.
The JTS had to do a few repairs with the nail gun….
….and the drill.
I taped around the mirrors with 3M™ Scotch Blue Exterior Tape because that’s all the paint tape I had on hand.
It worked great!
My vision for the wardrobe was chippy white paint with a slightly antique look.
I started out with Miss Mustard Seed’s Milk Paint in Ironstone.
I used ¾bag of milk paint and mixed it with water until I got the consistency I wanted.
I like for the milk paint to be a little thinner than latex paint.
This is what the wardrobe looked like after two coats of milk paint applied back to back.
The milk paint dries really fast.
I waited a couple of hours…walked back down to the workshop….and this is what I saw.
Another hour later and it looked like this.
I grabbed a few dry shop towels and started rubbing at the chipping paint.
I went over the piece several times rubbing back and forth and in circles to remove all the loose chips.
Then I took a paint scrapper to it and went over the paint with a light touch to get off the remaining loose paint.
After I finished removing the loose paint I applied two coats of Miss Mustard Seed’s Neutral Wax.
I love the wax.
The milk paint doesn’t chip off after it’s waxed.
I’ve read accounts on other blogs that the paint continues to chip but I have never had this happen.
The knobs are from Hobby Lobby….of course.
Now…..I did not expect the paint to chip this much.
Do I like it?
Yes.
I kept looking at the wardrobe and the chunky/chippy paint trying to decide how I felt about it.
It’s really hard to be objective about your own project.
I finally looked at it this way….if I walked into a flea market or antique shop and saw this piece….what would I think?
After thinking about it I knew then that I would love it if I just walked upon it in a shop.
see more of my milk paint projects here
End of Story.
Thanks for spending part of your day with me, Kathy
