General Overview
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Milk paint is made today with the same basic ingredients used for the past hundreds of years- milk protein, lime and earth pigments. The look and feel of a surface painted today with milk paint is no different than what was found on furniture, walls and floors in country houses in Colonial America. Milk paint comes in a wide variety of muted earth tones and is a great finish for wood. As in originally produced home-made milk paint, we use milk protein, lime, clay, and earth pigments such as ochre, umber, iron oxide, lampblack, etc. The lime is alkaline but becomes totally inert when mixed with the slightly acid milk. They use no lead, no chemical preservatives, no fungicides. Milk paint contains no hydrocarbons or any other petroleum derivatives.
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Tips, Tricks & How-Tos
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To make more intense and saturated, or to gain a wider range of colors, add a few drops of acrylic paint.
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Not Recommended
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Dipping your wet finger in the milk paint powder and licking it.
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Safety Information
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Note: All safety information contained here within is pure recommendation, and its sole purpose is to help students work safer. This should in no way be considered a professional statement or a replacement for reading product information. Please read all instructions included with products before use.
Milk Paint is environmentally safe and non-toxic. There is a slight milky odor when it is applied, but it is completely odorless when dry. The paint is safe for children's furniture and toys, and can also be used for interiors of homes of people who are allergic to modern paints. This is a natural material, but you want some ventilation (because of the lime).
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Availability
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This product has to be ordered online or by phone.
The Old Fashioned Milk Paint Co., Inc.
Chemically safe Historic Paints since 1974
436 Main Street, Groton, Massachusetts 01450
Toll Free Order Line (866) 350-6455, Customer Service (978) 448-6336, Fax (978) 448-2754 |
External Links
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www.milkpaint.com
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NOTE: All information contained within this article is pure opinion. Although this article is intended to help students, it may contain faulty or misleading information. This article is not to be considered professional opinion or advice, and is in no way a replacement for reading all safety/instructional documentation. Always remember to protect yourself when handling/using hazardous materials, as well as test new techniques before using them on projects/work intended to be handed in or used.
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