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The wife had to have this cabinet made out of pine

She is going to paint it. Found a spray can at Menards
which is called satin.

Sprayed some with primer first on a piece of scrap.
Has to much sheen to it and does not cover very well.

I have heard of this milk paint idea. Does it cover well
and does it come out flat colored??? Never have used milk
paint before...........Thanks

oldc6 wrote:The wife had to have this cabinet made out of pine

She is going to paint it. Found a spray can at Menards
which is called satin.

Sprayed some with primer first on a piece of scrap.
Has to much sheen to it and does not cover very well.

I have heard of this milk paint idea. Does it cover well
and does it come out flat colored??? Never have used milk
paint before...........Thanks

Are you trying to get a satin finish, or a flat? My experience is a lot of spray paints out there are not labeled correctly. What they call satin is actually semigloss, flat is satin, matte is flat, and no one really makes a true matte in a spray bomb. Always go one step flatter than you actually want, and spray paint never covers well and always costs more by volume but its more convenient.

I never heard of milk paint but googled it. Sounds interesting, and I like that you could make it at home if you really wanted to.

Yes, milk paint will give a flat finish. Very flat. It is a little difficult to apply but if you follow the directions carefully, you can do it. It is quite durable. Oh, and did I say it gives a flat finish?

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[ATTACH]20618[/ATTACH]I gave up on the milk paint idea. I think it is $20.00 a quart at Rockler.

Went to local HD . They i a paint lady that everyone says
is sharp on paint stuff.

Had a sample of curtain along for color match. She ask what i was painting
on and if it was gloss, flat, etc. Told her i wanted flat. She said that would be
quite hard to clean dust off. They had flat,satin, semi-gloss and gloss.
She mixed up the satin and that is what you see in the pictures.. She said on pine I should use a tinted primer to cover well. $23.00 for primer and the paint.. It is call arcrylic latex... Easy to apply as it is like whipped cream.The picture with the shine is the spray paint from menards. did not cover well.......
Now if we could get some warmer weather the job will get done.........

oldc6, I have used milk paint many times, mainly on the Windsor chairs I make. Milk paint is called milk paint because it has a milk protein in the natural pigments that make-it-up. This protein, casein, has some wonderful qualities in terms of bonding with wood. There are 300 year old Windsor chairs out there with their original paint, many in Philadelphia Hall. Milk paint comes as a powder which you mix with water. I recommend a Mason jar. If you do not use it all at once, it will only keep for a week or so, in the refrigerator. Regardless of color you pick, it will come out flat. You can use several colors in layers, then sand to achieve certain antique effects. If you want a luster finish, I recommend a top coat of tung oil, varnish or poly, depending on what you like to work with. You can buy a top finish that will give a crackle finish like one finds on antique objects as well. Woodcraft and other better outlets carry Milk Paint.