Milk Paint – Part 2

2012.04.22

Today I started applying milk paint to the lid, and then a second coat to the chest.  I was running low on milk paint powder by now though, so I mixed it quite thin.  I let it dry and did a second thin coat on the lid.  I have a feeling I will need to buy some more.

First coat of milk paint on tool chest lid
Adding a second coat of milk paint to tool chest

I don’t think I mentioned before, but I have been hand sanding lightly between each coat with 320 grit sandpaper.

2012.04.28

After buying another packet of milk paint, today I applied a third coat to the lid, and did some touch ups on the chest.

Final coat of milk paint on tool chest lid
Touchup milk paint on tool chest

2012.04.29

After lightly hand-sanding the final coat of milk paint, I applied some polymerized tung oil; the same finish I used on my workbench.  This should add a little extra protection, a hint of gloss, and tints the paint a shade darker.

Tool chest lid with milk paint and polymerized tung oil
Tool chest with milk paint and polymerized tung oil

After that, I peeled off all the blue tape.  I wasn’t surprised that the thin milk paint had seeped under the tape line in places, but all in all, it’s not too bad.  I was able to clean up the worst parts with a shoulder plane and chisel.

Milk paint seepage under masking tape
After cleaning up milk paint seepage