Choose a surface to get started:

SHINY, GLOSS, + PREVIOUSLY PAINTED
Lightly sand to remove sheen

PREVIOUSLY WAXED PIECE
Remove the wax with mineral spirits

IKEA SURFACES SUCH AS MELAMINE AND THERMOFOIL
Add bonding Agent to your Milk Paint

BARE WOOD ~ No primer needed

MINERAL PAINT Base ~ No primer needed

New to Milk Paint? You've got this!

Just add water!

1. Mix it
   Combine 1 part warm water to 1 part powder and stir until dissolved, appx 2-3 min. (whites tend to stay more clumpy, so keep mixing!) The average consistency should be like a melted Milkshake. Paint Immediately, if your liquid paint sits IT WILL thicken. Stir your liquid paint as you go, appx every 10min. to keep a good consistency.

• To make a pint of liquid paint~9oz water + 1-pint bag of powdered milk paint
• To make a quart of liquid paint~18oz of water + a quart bag of powdered milk paint.

2. Paint it
Using any brush, apply to your surface. Each coat dries within 15-30 minutes (yep – speedy!) and can be re-coated immediately once dried, if desired

3. Finish it
Apply a top coat to seal your milk paint and bring out the true depth of color! This will also protect your paint for a finish that lasts generations. Sweet Pickins Oil Wax, or Final Finish Top Coat are great, easy to use options!

TIP: Add Extra Bond when painting over a nonporous or previously finished/painted piece of furniture.  The Extra – Bond will ensure adhesion and give you better control over chipping.  I highly recommend to always have the Extra Bond on hand when using milk paint.  Milk paint is known for its unpredictability when not using the Extra Bond. 

• Easy to Mix
• Solvent Free
• Fast Drying
• Easy Water Cleanup
• Odorless when Dry
• Adheres to almost any surface
• Dead Flat Finish
• Rich Deep Colors
• Can be blended to various shades
• Indefinite Shelf Life when stored in its Sealed Bag.

Sweet Pickins Milk Paint can be used to achieve an authentic “old look” for furniture, floors, cupboards, woodwork, walls, signs, toys, and stenciling. It penetrates into all clean, porous (unfinished) surfaces. Mixed with Sweet Pickins Extra Bond it will also adhere to just about any nonporous surface. With a clear topcoat to seal the painted surface, it can be used for furniture subject to fingerprints and spills. For surfaces expected to receive heavier wear, we recommend using a heavy-duty topcoat. An oil or solvent-based sealer is recommended for kitchen cabinets as acrylics may not protect against certain kitchen oils such as grease splatters and olive oil spills.

Sweet Pickins Milk Paint is used by artists and craftsmen to create decorative results that cannot be achieved with other paints. The dead flat, uneven, grainy/mottled look is quite distinctive.

Sweet Pickins Milk Paint is also used for interior walls, floors and woodwork in homes, offices and public areas used by people allergic or otherwise sensitive to chemically based paints.

Milk paint is made up of milk protein, lime and then natural pigments from the earth to color the paint.  True milk paint comes in a powder form and must be mixed with water.  There are a lot of imitations out there – if its pre mixed then its NOT a true milk paint and wont give you the same results

Milk Paint is 100% VOC free and is truly a green paint.  It can be used on anything from walls to furniture, metal, glass, concrete, masonry and bare wood.

The Old Fashioned Milk Paint Co has been producing and selling milk paint since 1974 and is the oldest manufacturer of true milk paint.  The Old Fashioned Milk Paint Co is the manufacturer of  Sweet Pickins Milk Paint!