The other day I had a request to change the colour on a hutch I had previously painted. This was the piece that was in the magazine feature, and the customer wanted the exact hutch in a slightly off-white. Despite our attempts to get her interested in another similar un-painted hutch, she was relentless. So, I brought it into my garage and got started.
First, I sanded down the whole piece. Well, not me, but my wonderful husband Mark. He may have been cursing through the whole process, but I didn't know - that's why it was brought out to the garage! The whole sanding process took a few hours. As you can see, there is quite a bit of wood detail on it.
When Mark was done, I carried on my merry way, milk painting the piece as I typically do. Unfortunately for me, when I was done and I began distressing, every little bit of blue paint that wasn't sanded off, came through. I think it was because the cabinet was oiled, and the blue was so shiny and slippery, that the milk paint couldn't adhere properly. So, I landed up taking a tiny little piece of 120 grit paper, and sanding all the little nooks and cranny's where that darned paint showed through. Very tedious.
Took me a full day just to do that step, actually. So when you are re-milk-painting a piece, I'm sorry to say, there's no way around it - you have to sand the ENTIRE project down! You'll save yourself so much grief if you do!
Lesson learned I guess. Great job on the hutch Jenn. I miss you guys and my little cute nieces. I love the pics of them on Facebook, they have the cutest expressions.
ReplyDeleteI'm inheriting a table from my in-laws that has been painted with blue milk paint, and I want to paint over it. A Google search brought me here, and you just answered all of my questions. Thank you! :)
ReplyDeleteI'm inheriting a table from my in-laws that has been painted with blue milk paint, and I want to paint over it. A Google search brought me here, and you just answered all of my questions. Thank you! :)
ReplyDeleteJen, did you add a bonding agent to the milk paint? I am about to embark on the same adventure of trying to change the color of a previously painted piece and I am wondering if a bonding agent would have enabled the new coat to adhere to the previously painted areas. Thank you for sharing your experience!!!
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