Years ago they used to make paint with milk.
Milk paint floors.
For use on tree trunks to avoid sun scald.
Before you add a polished and beautiful look to your floor with tung oil finish you should find out exactly how it s done.
Milk paint is a porous paint which means that if you do not seal it water dirt and other contaminants can get down into your painted finish and stain or damage it.
I would like to lighten and brighten the room and think painted floors would work.
For extra protection give paint a coat of oil finish or sealer.
Our boutique line same formula as the original paint but with 18 exclusive colors.
The original milk paint.
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Milk paint old beams and worn floors.
What s the finish.
Great for diy and antique projects.
Surfaces include wood glass plastic drywall plaster and even metal.
In an effort to get them answered here is our question for the week i have unsealed wood floors that are stained a rather dark brown in a rented apartment.
Restoring alec baldwin s house.
Same formula since 1974.
The only milk paint on the market formulated for walls but can be used on most anything.
Available in 32 colors.
While how to paint your floors and not screw it up has generated all sorts of helpful feedback their have been even more questions about this topic.
Double or triple the recipe for paint.
Extra paint may be kept for several days in the refrigerator until the milk sours.
In the back of one of the old cupboards in the original house we found some old cans of milk paint.
Allow to dry thoroughly 3 4 hours before use.
Find out how here.
There are 3 main top coats i use to seal milk paint each for different reasons.
Apply milk paint with a cheap natural bristle brush.
Sealing milk paint though is really very easy.
After making the milk paint from skim milk it is then painted onto pine flooring.