RMP Finishes Blog
Welcome to the blog! Here you will find lots of inspiration, information, and helpful tips & tricks to use on your next project. Browse all wood finishing blog articles below!
Pure Tung Oil: A Beginner’s Guide
How to apply tung oil to wood? Pure tung oil has been trusted for centuries as one of the most durable, natural, and beautiful wood finishes available. If you're new to tung oil [...]
5 of the Best Tung Oil Projects from August
One of our favorite things about social media is that it lets us see all the wonderful projects that people take on using our milk paint and tung oil products. We spend hours on [...]
The Best Wood Finishes For Outdoors
A lot of people incorrectly believe milk paint is not suitable for use outdoors on exterior finishes and outdoor furniture. For some reason, they think that paint must contain harmful VOC-emitting chemicals in order [...]
Are Milk Paint and Chalk Paint the Same Thing?
A lot of people use the terms chalk paint and milk paint interchangeably as if they were the same thing. Meanwhile, others are unsure about how they are different. Although they do share many similarities, [...]
How to Paint Wood Furniture With Milk Paint
One of the greatest things about milk paint is that you can achieve such an incredible range of looks and finishes with the medium. Suitable for numerous projects on porous surfaces indoors and out, [...]
Milk Paint Brush Care Tips
If you're making use of milk paint for your projects, then you're already ahead of the game with a great, safe, non-toxic product that often doesn't require the same amount of prep work as [...]
How to Easily Remove Milk Paint
Real Milk Paint is a 100% natural, non-toxic paint, acting as a superior alternative to standard commercial paints available on the market today. Composed of all natural ingredients such as powdered purified casein, lime, [...]
Paint Brush Soap: How to Clean with Lye Soap
For centuries, milk paint has been a practical and trusted product for decorating a wide variety of products and buildings. Milk paint, as compared to modern standard commercial paints, contains simple, 100% natural ingredients like [...]
Painting Over Rust Using Real Milk Paint
Chances are you've come across one object or another in your lifetime that seemed like it appeared out of a dream. Almost as if it were meant to find its way into your life. [...]
Comparing Milk Paint vs. Regular Paint
Comparing Milk Paint vs. Regular Paint A painting project is a great way to revamp a piece of furniture, bring new life to a room, or update your home. But when you get to [...]
VOC Paint Health Risk: Issues Related to Working with Regular Paint
Two of the most commonly used types of paint are water-based latex paints and oil-based paints (sometimes called solvent-based paints). Extra caution should be used when working with oil-based paints indoors as they’re composed mainly [...]
Why Use Wax to Finish Your Milk Paint Project
Once you’ve found a milk paint color you love and paint your project, don’t forget the finishing step — applying a topcoat of wax. Is wax absolutely necessary to completing your milk paint project? Not [...]