Got Milk Paint?

With a recipe similar to the originally produced home-made milk paint, Old Fashioned Milk Paint is truly a green paint.  It is made from milk protein, lime, clay and earth pigments such as ochre, umber, iron oxide, lampback, etc.  Some other advantages are:

• Produces an authentic Colonial or Shaker finish
• Very long lasting
• Adheres to almost all clean, porous surfaces
• Won't chip
• Enviornmentall safe, non-toxic and antibacterial
• Dead flat finish
• Fast drying
• Comes in deep rich colors
• Oderless when dry
• Solvent free
• Easily cleaned up with water
• Non-flammable
• Colors can be blended to produce many tints and shades
• Permanent colors; will not fade

Milk Paint is perfect if you want an authentic, old, antique look.  Old Fashioned Milk Paint is available in 16 different colors.  It comes as a dry powder and you simply add water.  Mixed milk paint will go bad, so it is best to use it the day that it is mixed, but you can seal the container and refrigerate overnight to use the following day.  Get the entire scoop about Old Fashioned Milk Paint.

For non porous surfaces or previously painted walls, check out Old Fashioned SafePaint.  Or if you aren't too confident about your mixing skills, try General Finishes Milk Paint.  It has a lot of the same great green qualities of Old Fashioned Milk Paint, but is is pre-mixed!