My last post was all about this farm table I picked up at one of my favorite Consignment shops. I received the Miss Mustard Seeds Milk paint in the mail and was so excited to try it out!
Now, I am not the best at mixing ingredients for baking so I was definitely nervous about making the Milk paint. Luckily, all you need to add is water! If the paint looked to watery, just add more of the milk paint powder. If the paint was too thick, add a bit more water. I'm sure you get the hint ;)
To start off I used a 1/2 cup of the milk paint powder and 1/2 cup water and that got me through the first coat. It was a good idea to mix the paint in a mason jar, since all you have to do is put the top on and shake (instead of using a mixer, but use whatever method you feel comfortable with!) Below you can see the color I chose: Miss Mustard Seeds "Boxwood".
Boxwood was a powder mix of some light green and blue pigments. You can see how the color turned out below.
After doing some research on Milk paint, many techniques mentioned that if you did not want the paint to chip to use the hemp oil and to make sure to sand the surface to get rid of any finishes.
The table did have some kind of varnish on the surface so I did do a light sanding, even though I wanted the paint to chip.
If you look VERRYY closely, you will notice the clippy paint in the picture below (or you can go to Kudzu & Company and see for yourself ;)
Well maybe it wasn't to much MADNESS in my milk paint madness, but I enjoyed how easy it was to mix the paint. The color is perfect and I feel like it matches the tables personality.
Do you agree?
xox,
Katie
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