Once more into the milk paint...

Y'all know I can't leave good and well alone.

This goes for furniture I've painted.  Recently even.

Yesterday I decided to break out my brand new box of Miss.Mustard Seed's milk paint.

Can I just say....yum.

I started out with the watchmaker's cabinet that I just painted a few weeks ago:

I liked it the colour it was.  Coco in chalk paint with a coat of Slate milk paint underneath....

But I didn't love it.

Until now....

This paint requires two coats.  It is very watery to work with if you follow the manufacturers mixing ratio instructions.  The first coat will look like a drippy hot mess, but the second coat goes on well and fills in the shady parts.

Then the milk paint starts to do it's thing and lifts in a few places.

I let it dry thoroughly, then went over it using a putty knife to lightly flake of some bits and pieces.

Then I did a clear coat of wax over the entire piece.

The colour is called Ironstone and you can order your own milk paint at Miss.Mustard Seed's Milk Paint
It reads a bit blue-ish in my pictures, but in real life it is an ironstone white more like this:

Happy Painting!

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