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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 [...]

5 Indoor Winter Milk Paint on Brick Projects

As Real Milk Paint is a non-toxic and organic-based powdered paint, it’s completely safe to use indoors. It emits virtually no odor unlike traditional latex paint and is the perfect choice to use for [...]

The Best Paint Brushes to Use with Milk Paint

There are many different types of paint brushes to select from when applying milk paint on your next DIY paint project. There are no right or wrong brushes to use as milk paint is [...]

Can I use Milk Paint Outside for a Summer Project?

If your outdoor patio furniture has seen better days, a few coats of milk paint in your favorite colors can quickly spruce it up. You’re probably wondering, “Can I use milk paint for outdoor [...]

Environmentally Friendly Milk Paint

Long before we had retail stores to serve our home renovation needs, people used to make their own paint at home. Milk paint or powdered purified casein paint is an ancient form of paint [...]