Real Milk Paint® Blog
Everything You Need to Know to Keep Your Wood Protected
Protecting wood projects from wear, tear, and time is one thing, but what about protecting them from all that and the elements too? It may seem too good to be true, but Real Milk Paint’s [...]
Why Fall is the Best Time to Use Outdoor Defense
Fall is a time for many things: apple picking, reflection, pumpkin spice everything, and most importantly, preparing for the long and cold winter to come. And when it comes to your outdoor surfaces, this means [...]
Pure Tung Oil: A Beginner’s Guide
A Beginner’s Guide to Tung Oil Tung oil is a drying oil that’s extracted from the tung tree, which is native to China and a few other Asian countries. The oil has been used for [...]
5 of the Best Tung Oil Projects from August
One of our favorite things about social media is that it lets us see all the wonderful projects that people take on using our milk paint and tung oil products. We spend hours on platforms [...]
What’s the Best Finish for Outdoor Wood?
A lot of people incorrectly believe milk paint is not suitable for use outdoors. For some reason, they think that paint must contain harmful VOC-emitting chemicals in order to be able to withstand harsh weather [...]
Is Milk Paint and Chalk Paint the Same Thing?
A lot of people use the terms chalk paint and milk paint interchangeably as if they were the same thing. Meanwhile, others are unsure about how they are different. Although they do share many similarities, [...]
How Do You Paint Wood Furniture?
One of the greatest things about milk paint is that you can achieve such an incredible range of looks and finishes with it. It’s so incredibly versatile that it has become the go-to choice for [...]
Brush Care Tips When Using Milk Paint
If you’re making use of milk paint for your projects, then you’re already ahead of the game with a great, safe, non-toxic product that often doesn’t require the same amount of prep work as similar [...]
How to Choose Child Safe Paint
In the modern world, there is an overabundance of harmful toxins and chemicals seeping into the air, and hiding within many corners of daily human life. Standard commercialized paint is one of those substances. Containing [...]
How to Easily Remove Milk Paint
Real Milk Paint is a 100% natural, non-toxic paint, acting as a superior alternative to standard commercial paints available on the market today. Composed of all natural ingredients such as milk proteins, lime, and earth [...]
How to Maintain a Paintbrush with Lye Soap
For centuries, milk paint has been a practical and trusted product for decorating a wide variety of products and buildings. Milk paint, as compared to modern standard commercial paints, contains simple, 100% natural ingredients like [...]
How to Paint Over Rust Fast and Easy
Chances are, you’ve come across one object or another in your lifetime that seemed like it appeared out of a dream. As if it were meant to find its way into your life. But, then [...]
Comparing Milk Paint vs. Regular Paint
A painting project is a great way to revamp a piece of furniture, bring new life to a room, or update your home. But when you get to the paint section, you may notice that [...]
The Difference Between Chalk Paint and Milk Paint and Why Milk Paint is Better
Milk paint and chalk paint are both great alternatives to regular paint, and many people often confuse the two or don’t know what sets them apart. So, to set the record straight, today we’re going [...]
Tung Oil vs. Linseed Oil
Both tung oil and linseed oil are naturally derived finishing oils that are used for wood crafts, furniture, flooring, and decks, and tung oil is additionally used on surfaces like brick and concrete. Tung and [...]