Old-Fashioned Milk Paints are organic, non-toxic and environmentally safe. Made from natural materials (like milk protein, lime, clay and natural pigments), they contain NO petrochemicals, solvents or other harmful additives. For use in residential and commercial interiors, milk paints are an excellent painted finish for furniture, cabinets, floors, walls and toys, and have gained wide usage with the advent of green building and interest in healthy, sustainable lifestyles. Old-Fashioned Milk Paints are LEED eligible and an exceptional value.
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Original Old-Fashioned Milk Paint is the perfect product for unfinished woods and other porous surfaces. (For non-porous surfaces, add Extra Bond when mixing). Available in twenty Classic Colors; dry powder, packaged as pints (35 sf), quarts (75 sf) and gallons (300 sf). Biodegradable, non-toxic, zero voc; soap and water clean up. Dry to the touch in 30 minutes; re-coat in two hours.
Extra Bond is a concentrated bonding agent, mixed in the base coat of milk paint to promote adhesion to non-porous surfaces (such as previously painted or otherwise finished surfaces, including pre-primed products, enamel, metal and glass). Non-toxic, zero voc; soap and water clean up. Drying time is approximately one hour. Surface must be perfectly clean; test surface before application.
Antique Crackle is a natural gelatin product used as a surface treatment, to create a time-worn weathered effect on furniture, picture frames and signs. Apply prior to the final coat of milk paint. Packaged in pints (25 sf), quarts (50 sf) and gallons (200 sf). Non-toxic, low voc; water clean up. Drying time is two to three hours, depending on humidity. Surface must be perfectly clean; test surface before application.
Clear Coat is a waterborne acrylic finish, applied over milk painted surfaces. Clear Coat dries to a clear, satin finish and helps prevent water spotting. Excellent for most furniture and woodwork applications. Packaged in quarts (75 sf) and gallons (300 sf). Non-toxic; soap and water clean up. Drying time is approximately one hour. Surface must be perfectly clean; test surface before application.
Hope's Tung Oil is a pure, exotic naturally drying oil, used for a hard, beautiful hand-rubbed finish on unfinished or bare wood. It is an instant, brushless finish coat for fine woods, furniture and antiques--no sanding, no brush marks, runs or streaks; tung oil is water and alcohol resistant. Rubs in like oil, but dries hard like a varnish; tung oil penetrates deep into wood fibers, cures and becomes integrated in the wood. Low gloss finish; in pints, quarts, gallons. Oil-soaked rags should be disposed of in water filled containers.
Casa Verde maintains an inventory of Old-Fashioned Milk Paint in popular colors, packed in pints and quarts: Barn Red, Salem Red, Marigold Yellow, Federal Blue, Pitch Black, Driftwood, Buttermilk, Light Cream, Oyster White and Snow White. We also have original milk paint in base formula (with no pigment) available, which can be colored with universal tints and other water-soluble pigments at your option.
In addition, Casa Verde stocks Extra Bond, Antique Crackle and Tung Oil in pints, Clear Coat in quarts, and will gladly special order colors, sizes and products we don't currently stock. Minimums and lead times may apply.
See images of Old-Fashioned Milk Paint on our Facebook page.
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The deep, rich natural colors of milk paint are authentic to their origins in Colonial America, where they were used extensively on period furniture and buildings. Many fine examples of these paints have survived to modern times, testimony to their durability and inherent, non-fading beauty. Latex paints cannot compare with milk paints in achieving the authenticity of historic colors, or for the rustic, country look and aged patina they can impart to a project--and yet they can be used in contemporary settings to great effect.
Many variations in texture and appearance can be easily achieved with milk paint products, from the matte surface as first applied to a burnished semi-gloss, from a soft satin finish to a time-worn crackle effect. Although there are just twenty Classic Colors in the milk paint palette, they can be combined, reduced or increased in an infinite number of combinations to produce unique custom colors. And, in addition, because milk paint is packaged as a dry powder (which is mixed with water), the thickness of the paint can be modified for use as a wash, stain or stencil paint for application over coated surfaces.
Old-Fashioned Milk Paint's Classic Colors
Casa Verde maintains an inventory of Old-Fashioned Milk Paint's top ten colors in pints and quarts: Barn Red, Salem Red, Marigold Yellow, Federal Blue, Pitch Black, Driftwood, Buttermilk, Light Cream, Oyster White and Snow White. And, we also have base formula (with no pigment) available, which can be colored with universal tints and other water-soluble pigments at your option.
We also stock Extra Bond, Antique Crackle and Tung Oil in pints, Clear Coat in quarts, and will gladly special order colors, sizes and products we don't currently stock. Minimums and lead times may apply.
See images of Old-Fashioned Milk Paint on our Facebook page.