I finished up this dresser with Old Fashioned Milk Paint. I love the way it turned out. The texted is wonderful and it is so wonderfully chippy! At first It wasn’t what I had planned on, but I let the milk paint do it’s thing and I’m so glad I did!
I started with this cutie from Craigslist. I loved her style, but she needed a face-lift for sure! Luckily, she was in really good condition and I had to use minimal wood fill. Old Fashioned Milk Paint Co did sponsor this project by supplying me with the paint.
I painted a couple coats of milk paint and started to get this serious crackle. I was excited at first, but then started to cringe noticing how much crackle there was! I gave it another coat or two in some spots and then started to sand…..and it all started to come off! I was not happy.
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At this point, I called a friend who is used to working with milk paint and decided there were two options…
1. To sand down and add more Extra Bond to my paint solution and repaint.
2. To just sand off everything I could and see what it looked it.
I decided on #2. I still had to add a little more paint in areas. (the more paint mixture you add, the more chippiness you’ll get). So when I reached the desired chippiness overall, I sealed with a thick wax. I probably gave it 3-4 coats of wax. I was nervous that more paint would chip I guess.
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