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That one time a 'simple' milk paint job turned into a three-day saga
I had this old pine dresser from a flea market in Asheville, and the client wanted a specific chippy milk paint look. I figured it was a one-day job, max. The paint just would not stick evenly, no matter how many coats or how I prepped the surface. I spent two full days just sanding, sealing, and re-applying before it finally took. Has anyone else had milk paint fight them that hard on raw wood?
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emery_young131mo ago
My buddy Jake tried to milk paint an old oak door last spring. He was on day three, completely stuck, and the paint was beading up like water on wax. He finally called his grandpa, who asked the same thing @owens.cameron did, about the original finish. Turns out the previous owner had used some kind of homemade linseed oil mix decades ago. That stuff had soaked in deep and nothing would stick over it. He had to strip it right down to bare wood with a chemical remover, which was a huge mess. It totally changed how he checks for old finishes now.
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