We are back with our second Miss Mustard Seeds Milk Paint tutorial! In this blog post we'll be talking about how you apply the first layer of Milk Paint to raw wood surfaces.
Milk paint is a powder and needs to be mixed with water before using. Learn more about how to do this in our Mixing Milk Paint blog post.
It's so easy and quick... plus it's all natural and environmentally friendly. Available in 25 amazing colours and you can create your very own custom shades.
Let's get started!
For this project we're painting directly onto raw wood. Raw wood is simply wood that has not been finished or painted. We mixed a 1-1 ratio of water to powder. This creates an opaque finish, a true to colour look. If you'd like more of a stain finish with the wood grain showing you can add more water and do a 2-1 or 3-1 mix. Watch our Mixing Milk Paint blog post for more info.
Rebecca wanted to paint the tray a dark colour like Curio first and then layer a lighter colour like Farm House White over top.
Here's a few tools you'll need for applying milk paint.
Here's a short video of Rebecca, the owner of Branch, that shows you how to apply milk paint to raw wood surfaces. We'll go through a step by step process below.
Applying Milk Paint is easy, peasy... especially on raw wood surfaces!
There you go! Our next post in the series will be applying the top coat with a different colour of milk paint.
Happy Painting!
We've been using Milk Paint for quite some time now and we've collected three tips that will help you.
If you have any questions feel free to come in store or send us a message! We love Miss Mustard Seed products and want to make sure you get amazing results too.