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country lawyer
True Blue Farmgirl
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 Posted - Feb 07 2007 : 07:50:22 AM
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Has anyone ever used milk paint? I'm interested in using it on the plaster walls in our dining room at the Farmhouse. But, I've never used a product like that, just regular old paint. Does any one have any experience with it? Or ideas? I want to maintain the 1940 look and thought that product would help me acheive it. What do you think?
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willowtreecreek
True Blue Farmgirl
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Julie
Russell
AR
USA
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Posted - Feb 07 2007 : 09:04:14 AM
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Milk paint sold in most stores today is not really milk paint. If you are looking for authentic milk paint you will eed to do a search for stores that sell it.
Jewelry, art, baskets, etc.
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emma.birdwhistle
True Blue Farmgirl
187 Posts
Elizabeth Ann
Ontario
Canada
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Posted - Feb 07 2007 : 09:22:25 AM
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I have used milk paint several times on furniture, and I love it. The stuff I have used has come from:
http://www.nittygritty.ca
and a slightly different sort of color palette can be found at:
http://www.homesteadhouse.ca
There is also http://www.milkpaint.com and http://www.realmilkpaint.com, but I have not used their products thus far. The only thing to keep in mind is that you must find out if the surface you intend to paint on will accept the milk paint as it is - bare wood, for example, is ideal. I do not know about plaster in particular, but I am sure you can find information about that on one of the above sites.
I hope this is helpful!
- Elizabeth Ann
If one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams, and endeavors to live the life which he has imagined, he will meet with a success unexpected in common hours. - Thoreau
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Phils Ann
True Blue Farmgirl
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Ann
Parsonsburg
Maryland
USA
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Posted - Feb 07 2007 : 11:53:29 AM
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Rebekah, Phil's used paints from the two sites above listed but not used by Elizabeth Ann, "Milk Paint" and "Real Milk Paint". Make sure you order real paint samples, instead of using the "color chart". I love the way they turned out. He had to mix the powder with water in wide mouth quart jars. I'd expect gallon jars would be better if you're doing walls. You know it does soak into the bare wood so I'd expect it to do so with plaster unless you can learn what to do to change that.
Ann
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_Rebecca_
True Blue Farmgirl
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Rebecca
OK
USA
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Posted - Feb 07 2007 : 11:57:53 AM
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I had never heard of milk paint! I looked at the nittygritty site. Very cool. Thanks! I'm always looking for ideas.
Does anyone remember the time when the Douglas's painted their house on Green Acres and the house couldn't breathe? It started suffocating. That was a cute episode.
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Horseyrider
True Blue Farmgirl
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Mary Ann
Illinois
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Posted - Feb 08 2007 : 5:11:37 PM
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I've never used milk paint, but the first layer of paint in my 1860s farmhouse is milk paint.
And let me tell you it's the most bullet proof stuff I've ever encountered. You cannot sand it, kill it, or defeat it. It's often much harder than the hardwood on which it's spread. It's an adventure in old home restoration, lemme tell ya.
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KarenP
True Blue Farmgirl
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Karen
Chippewa Falls
Wisconsin
USA
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abbasgurl
True Blue Farmgirl
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Rhonda
USA
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Posted - Feb 09 2007 : 4:47:04 PM
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Rebekah,
My only experience with milk paint has been trying to remove it from antique furniture...it's a real booger to get off. The only thing that seems to cut it is straight ammonia. If you put it on bare wood you might keep that in mind. On the walls no problem of course, you just paint right over it! 
Rhonda
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