White Milk Paint Cabinets
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White milk paint cabinets. I took this picture after 3 coats of the milk paint. As milk paint must be. What happened when i didn t sand. It s a tall order.
I applied two coats of oil based polyurethane by brush. My original tutorial on how to paint your cabinets with milk paint which you can read here has generated lots of interest within the past year and is actually becoming one of my most popular posts so i assume that many of you would like to know how durable they have proved to be over the course of 12 months. I was covering my 1960 s orange oak cabinets with snow white general finishes milk paint. Milk painted upper cabinets cherry bases.
While i did love the kitchen i had an itch to paint the cabinets white to coordinate with the island and the other two pieces in the kitchen. Dry 2 hours between coats and before gf water based topcoat in ideal conditions. This photo was taken after the kitchen had been in use for 12 years. I was hoping it would help brighten up the room.
How to diy paint your kitchen cabinets with milk paint live to tell about it jenn march 11 2018. The ultimate test of milk paint you could say. You could skip the primer but for the price trust me primer first if covering something dark. When i started painting my cabinets i did not sand and i did not use primer.
The milk paint is a custom mix of colors from the old fashioned milk paint company. 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. We are in the beginning stages of painting our kitchen cabinets white. Instead we are using stix primer ug and joanna gaines cabinetry paint in white.
So after painting my first cabinet door i went and bought primer and primered my remaining cabinets with 2 coats. 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. This post about painting our kitchen cabinets with white milk paint is the first in a series of about five articles sharing our learnings and experiences from this little project which would be an easy affordable one to tackle in any kitchen that needs a little breath of fresh air. Face frames on cabinets.
Hi beth i am in the process of painting my kitchen cabinets with milk paint in snow white and i have awful brush marks also i am having a hard time getting the arches in the cabinet doors covered well without drios and brush marks. After that the snow white milk paint went on nicely and the coverage was superb. All of which are white with a butcher block top.