General Finishes Milk Paint Kitchen Cabinets Reviews

General finishes water based stains are a great choice for your kitchen cabinet restoration.

General finishes milk paint kitchen cabinets reviews.

Other paints take hours to dry. General finishes milk paint is premixed and requires a primer on slick surfaces where as miss mustard seed s milk paint requires a bonding agent to be mixed in. It came out great and seems like it will hold up. I love general finishes paint.

With the milk paint i could finish two coats on about ten different doors in a few hours. If understanding correctly gf was trying to capture the best qualities of milk paint in a modern hassle free product. I ve got 10 years of experience painting furniture cabinets trim and just about anything that holds still. Why people don t love milk paint.

This is the go to paint. The second kitchen got it s makeover with general finishes water based stain in espresso. It requires multiple coats. I primed twice and then used general finished milk paint in seagull gray then finished with two light coats of general finishes water based topcoat in satin.

And we can t wait to experiment more with layering distressing and using glazes on some of our kitchen cabinets. I am curious about milk paint can i mix the general finishes milk paint with a traditional paint. However as other reviewers have noted the white takes many more coats to cover than the other colors i have used in the past. However we cannot guarantee it.

It barely looks like the same kitchen. We couldn t be more satisfied with the general finishes milk paint. First it isn t traditional milk paint. It really gave the end table a new lease of life.

I used 2 coats of primer and still had to use 4 6 coats of white to completely cover the cabinets. Milk paint may adhere to laminate with a bonding primer. Gf milk paint gives a more consistent predictable finish than traditional milk paint and will only chip if you use vaseline in between paint layers. General finishes milk paint is available in 28 mixable colors and is very user friendly.

I like the ease of milk paint but would love to mix the white milk paint with benjamin moore white dove for the color. You may increase your. The snow white is a very bright white. Dry 48 72 hours before painting.

My husband and i just bought our first house and we are planning to paint our dark kitchen cabinets white. It is more expensive. That rich deep color is stunning. There are a few well known downsides to using general finishes milk paint.

Really like the brand and that it s low voc as well. General finishes milk paint is engineered for wood surfaces but may adhere to metal such as aluminum or steel if a metal primer is applied first. Painting kitchen cabinets is a long process no matter what you do but this dry time can significantly simplify the process. An honest review of my milk paint cabinets my kitchen cabinets before paint when i moved into my 1980 s rancher three years ago one of the first major projects i invested in was painting my kitchen cabinets.