Milk paint has a matte finish and will show marks.
Snow white milk paint kitchen cabinets.
Hi beth i am in the process of painting my kitchen cabinets with milk paint in snow white and i have awful brush marks also i am having a hard time getting the arches in the cabinet doors covered well without drios and brush marks.
I have personally tried this product and love it.
What happened when i didn t sand.
The ultimate test of milk paint you could say.
But if you re going to finish kitchen cabinets with milk paint i strongly recommend applying protective topcoats over the paint.
But first a little recap.
I am very frustrated any advice would be appreciated.
After that the snow white milk paint went on nicely and the coverage was superb.
Buy the general finishes products.
Snow white paint one gallon.
When i started painting my cabinets i did not sand and i did not use primer.
I was pretty.
You could skip the primer but for the price trust me primer first if covering something dark.
I was covering my 1960 s orange oak cabinets with snow white general finishes milk paint.
Best part it does not need a top coat.
These cabinets once boasted a stained and glazed tuscan look but the final stage of this kitchen transformation was painting the cabinets a beautiful pristine white.
My original tutorial on how to paint your cabinets with milk paint which you can read here has generated lots of interest within the past year and is actually becoming one of my most popular posts so i assume that many of you would like to know how durable they have proved to be over the course of 12 months.
I took this picture after 3 coats of the milk paint.
While i did love the kitchen i had an itch to paint the cabinets white to coordinate with the island and the other two pieces in the kitchen.
So after painting my first cabinet door i went and bought primer and primered my remaining cabinets with 2 coats.
Http amzn to 2aprfdr high performance top coat.
All of which are white with a butcher block top.
We all know how hard pure white can be to achieve that perfect look but general finishes milk paint in snow white rose to the task.
It s a tall order.