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Maintaining And Restoring Old Tools

Restoring Old Tools Tools are often viewed as utilitarian items, prized for what they can do for you rather than how they look. It’s true that the condition of your rake or spade matters more in a practical sense than it does aesthetically, but you may be surprised at how an unsightly nick or a [...]

Blue Spruce: Paint Color for November

It’s the month of November, and we’re honoring the great outdoors this time of year — and infusing our workbench and website with a creative nod to Christmas trees — by choosing Blue Spruce as November's color of the month. This shade of milk paint is a soft, calming green-blue hue that evokes the [...]

How to Fix Sticky Drawers with Clear Carnauba Wax

Vintage furniture finds are full of charm, but all that tradition and workmanship comes at a cost. A pre-plastic-era piece of furniture uses wood-on-wood glider systems that can easily fall prey to the perils of age. Normal wear and tear can cause those drawer glides to get off-kilter, rendering the drawer nearly useless and quite [...]

Why Choose Odorless Mineral Spirits over Citrus Solvent?

When you’re looking for a safer, more environmentally friendly alternative to cheap paint thinners, Real Milk Paint offers two fantastic options: Odorless Mineral Spirits and Citrus Solvent. You may be familiar with both or just discovering why you need this type of product in your DIY arsenal in the first place — either way, it’s [...]

Step by Step Guide to Primitive Furniture and Home Decor

Real Milk Paint’s Guide to Primitive Furniture & Home Décor Upcycling has become a big trend and popular hobby, especially for furniture lovers. People are combing garage sales hoping to stumble across something exciting at a regular price, a unique piece, and primitive furniture could be just the great addition to your home that you’ve [...]

How to Easily Remove Milk Paint

Real Milk Paint is a 100% natural, non-toxic paint, acting as a superior alternative to standard commercial paints available on the market today. Composed of all natural ingredients such as powdered purified casein, lime, and earth pigments for color, Real Milk Paint works on a variety of surfaces, and its long-lasting properties make it great [...]

Paint Brush Soap: How to Clean with Lye Soap

For centuries, milk paint has been a practical and trusted product for decorating a wide variety of products and buildings. Milk paint, as compared to modern standard commercial paints, contains simple, 100% natural ingredients like milk protein and lime. In today’s market, consumers are increasingly aware of the harmful toxins and chemicals added to standard [...]

How to Paint Over Rust

Chances are you’ve come across one object or another in your lifetime that seemed like it appeared out of a dream. Almost as if it were meant to find its way into your life. But then reality sets in and you see nothing is perfect — you notice the rusty patches and peeling paint, then [...]

Comparing Milk Paint vs. Regular Paint

A painting project is a great way to revamp a piece of furniture, bring new life to a room, or update your home. But when you get to the paint section, you may notice that there are lots of different types of paints to choose from, and you may be at a loss for what [...]

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