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• Tips
• What do you need

1 Purchase a few basic ingredients. You can get lemon and a liter of skim milk at your local grocery store. You will also need acrylic paint or dry pigments of any color you need, gauze and a sieve.

2 Prepare the piece of furniture you want to paint. Milk paint is best used on unfinished furniture, but store-bought furniture can be cleaned of paint. The surface to be painted must be free of sand and dirt in order for the paint to evenly and firmly lay on the wood.

3 Mix skim milk with lemon juice. For 1 liter of skim milk, you need to take the juice of 1 lemon. Mix as much milk as you need and leave the mixture at room temperature overnight. The milk will curdle.

4 Strain the mixture. You can use cheesecloth and strainer.

5 Add 4 tablespoons (2 ounces) of dye powder to curdled milk. If you are using acrylic paint, then you need to add a little bit until you like the color. You can also adjust the amount of dry color pigment.

6 Mix the dye of your choice with the curdled milk. Stir until the mixture is smooth.

7 Using a brush, apply paint to the piece of furniture you've prepared. The paint dries quickly. The furniture will take on a very nice, vintage look, reminiscent of colonial furniture.

8 Throw away any leftover paint after 2 days. It is made from milk, so it won't last long when raw.

9 Wash all containers and brushes in soap and water. Remember, this is non-toxic paint, so things can be washed in the kitchen.

Tips

• Milk paint can be used on walls or kitchen cabinets. Do not try to paint on surfaces that are already coated with oil paints - clean them first.
• Use a hair dryer to dry the paint even faster. And the paint will crack underneath it, giving your furniture an even more vintage and antique look.

What do you need

• Skimmed milk
• Lemon
• Plastic container
• Dry acrylic pigment or acrylic paint
• Gauze and sieve