White Milk Paint Cabinets
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.
White milk paint cabinets. I applied two coats of oil based polyurethane by brush. 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. When i started painting my cabinets i did not sand and i did not use primer. 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. I was pretty. But first a little recap. I was covering my 1960 s orange oak cabinets with snow white general finishes milk paint.
Instead we are using stix primer ug and joanna gaines cabinetry paint in white. All of which are white with a butcher block top. You could skip the primer but for the price trust me primer first if covering something dark. Milk painted upper cabinets cherry bases.
The milk paint is a custom mix of colors from the old fashioned milk paint company. 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. As milk paint must be. It s a tall order.
Dry 2 hours between coats and before gf water based topcoat in ideal conditions. After that the snow white milk paint went on nicely and the coverage was superb. What happened when i didn t sand. I had originally planned on using the general finishes snow white milk paint but read so many bad reviews about the white taking 4 coats to cover.
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. We are in the beginning stages of painting our kitchen cabinets white. 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. Face frames on cabinets.
I took this picture after 3 coats of the milk paint. The ultimate test of milk paint you could say. I am very frustrated any advice would be appreciated.