I tested it out today and loved the results, Im so inspired to tackle a mess of projects around the house, armed with this milk paint. Just curious, would the milk paint look good on the cabinets that are already existing? Can you still use this paint over oil paint without sanding or priming? I think we used espresso and you can see that honey oak starting to come through in the high traffic areas. My question: I see your cabinets have groovesmine have LOTS of grooves because of the bead board. I have never done a painting project before so I am going to start small with my ugly oak cabinets in my bathroom. How can I get samples of the different colors to try? hi, I see it was about a year and a half ago that you did your cabinets. Thank you so much for sharing your project! SO HAPPY TO HAVE A MAN reading my blogyou are right, there are a quiet minority around here :) Good luck with your project! It is truly more than FANTASTIC! Hope that helps. thanks. Thanks! You are an inspiration! To follow up on my comment from earlierforgot to ask! You do use the deglosser BEFORE you paint. Additionally, these paints can be applied over existing finishes, stains and other paints so long as the existing finish is fully dry. You can still see the oak grain, but the flat finish makes it less noticeable, in my opinion. Although AS suggested using their wax as a finish, I instead used the General Finishes High Performance Top Coat in satin, three coats, and they came out beautifully! Love your kitchen cabinet transformation! I am planning on painting my cabinets soon and they have a very similar oak color and finish that yours did. Its one of the last steps to redoing our kitchen. Thank You for any help, and for this post. Any idea if this would work for bathroom cabinets? Hi Debbie! I hope that helps! There are puppy scratches on one of the doors of the vanity. Thanks! Is there any way I can post a picture? I hope that helps! I thought the brand of milk paint would NOT matter so I went to my local Woodcraft store and bought powdered milk paint from another company (I wont name it in order to support my claim I dont know Tasha or work for GF :) The powdered milk paint was less expensive and seemed more authentic so I bought it. AND not paint them white but a gray. Sorry! Does the paint come in a low/no VOC variety? The grain still shows through a bit. I was pretty discouraged after reading over so many tutorials. If only I could paint the worktop with it rather than having to replace it. This paint is awesome! I have never tried it, but this is what General Finishes website says about its milk paint: General Finishes milk paints will adhere to a variety of surfaces including wood, fiberglass, PVC, vinyl, and most composite materials. Some even require a paint sprayer. Did you use: General Finishes Water Based High Performance Polyurethane Top Coat Flat Finish Quart or General Finishes QTHM High Performance Water Based Topcoat, 1 quart, Flat ? Do you know if this paint can be used on cabinets that have already been painted? You can watch an overview of what the video series includes in the short video below. Please let me know what you used. The milk paint color Driftwood seems perfect. Im going to attempt my cabinets after being inspired by you! Ive never heard of General milk paint, but i am going to check it out for sure! Nope, we did not sand between coats. Any feedback from you would be appreciated! Then I got a filthy old table that was in my garage and painted it to match the bed, and theyre fantastic! Hello! I was wondering if you sanded between coats of the Flat Top Coat? I ONCE painted the cabinets. I think the paint is amazing and the top coat really protects it. So far we have done first coat only and gad to order more paint from store in sacramento. Thank you for the information Tasha! Thank you, Anna.

I am hoping to redo our kitchen this next year. However, when painting over other finishes, its important to always test a small area first to make sure the paint adheres well to the original surface. I hope that helps! Think I have found my approach. It will still show through. You are the first person I have heard to have any problems. Id love to not have to sand them. I would appreciate it so very much and I also would like to ask you how do I go about completing this project now that I have ruined a good portion of the cabinets with the latex? Hello, I am wondering if you let the cabinets cure at all before rehanging the doors? Do think I would need to sand before trying this product so brush marks will not show up? Visiting from SITS. Also, does top coat go a long way. Hi there did you sand between top coats as it instructs on the General Finish top coat can? The grain is more of a texture issue. Milk paint is marvelous! We did it on our powder room. The cabinets are holding up perfectly! They held up so, so well! We are tired most of the time, LOL! Hi Jill! Oh my gosh that looks amazing!! I can experiment with this stuff. They turned out beautiful! I was wondering how your cabinets have held up since you painted them. I hope that helps! Hi I love your kitchen makeover! I was really NOT wanting to go the extra step and using the top coat. We have a tile mess at our house so you inspired me to try and fix it. Thanks for reading Debbie! Bravo! We also used about 1/2 gallon of the top coat. Good luck on your redo! I bet you could just sand off the drips and then use this paint :) This is what General Finishes website says about its milk paint: General Finishes milk paints will adhere to a variety of surfaces including wood, fiberglass, PVC, vinyl, and most composite materials. The protective top coat adds a tiny bit of sheen in flat {which is what I used}. I have heard from a few readers that their experience with the Snow White is different than ours. Hi Wendy! I really hope it works as well for us as it did for you! I was ready to tear down the porch rails till I realized building code requires them. The link to the exact product is in the post source list! Do you happen to know if the milk paint would adhere as nicely to that as it does real wood?

Your cabinets look great! Milk paint has more brush strokes than regular paint. I appreciate your advice! Yes I am using the milk paint and it is wonderful! Seagull grey up top and Driftwood on bottom, with a Royal Design (teal/blue ish) stencil in the backsplash area above cabinets!! Thank you!! ! []. I had thought that I would have to have them professionally painted, but this is a solution I love because we can do it ourselves. It was first introduced in the UK, so you might be able to get it. Great blog, Im going to follow you from now on. Hi Tasha, I started my cupboards and its looking great but I too have the same question as above. im so happy i found your site!

Hi! Did you have any trouble with covering wood grain? I see you used a Flat top coat. I believe we used 3 quarts of the light grey, 2 pints of the dark grey and about 1/2 gallon of the top coat. I cant figure out what would be best for kitchen cabinets and I have 3 kids 4 and under I really want it to last. Would it work on doors? We used Lysol wipes to clean the cabinets off. Love the new look and color. I DID use liquid sandpaper/deglosser, which is much faster and easier than sanding. Thank you for this post, this paint has transformed my kitchen! Hope that helps! Im sorry if you already answered this, but I didnt see it. Although the bones of the kitchen are great . Im so sad after all that work. Ive done our cabinets and Im really tempted to do the floors.we are moving and dont really want to pay for new.but this might be the perfect time( plan to do gray with white dry brush) to do what seems to be on trend in flooring. :). Details here: https://designertrapped.com/2014/08/powder-room-ideas.html Good luck! Thanks so much, Amy! Im painting the cabinets in my bathroom. Hope that helps and good luck! I am curious to see or know how it has held up to everyday use! http://www.thekimsixfix.com/2012/08/how-to-paint-your-kitchen-cabinets.html, Kim! Hi Carol, thank you for your kind compliment. Saved me the headache of emptying everything out and door fronts are easier to work with than the whole drawer. We have white appliances and dont want to try and match, so thinking the light gray would be super. Thanks. I hope that helps! [] We saved about$1,800.00 by building our own table and its exactly what we wanted! The milk paint has phenomenal coverage and I cant imagine that the coverage will be affected with the passage of time (as it sounds like that is what happened with the Rustoleum product). I want to paint my cabinets and there is a glossy finish on them. How much of the deglosser did use? The milk paint is a high-quality acrylic paint and with the top coat is more durable than chalk paint with wax in my opinion. Hi Megan! Yes, that is the Driftwood. Thank you so much for this recommendation!! Hope your project goes smoothly! Great tutorial! We followed all instructions to the letter. I cant believe how durable it is! Thank you Nadine. I just emptied the drawers so that I could stand the drawers up to paint the drawer fronts.

I hope that helps! I hope that helps! Good luck with your project! I am amazed by GF milk paint. If I use this paint do you suggest, cleaning, sanding, priming and then using the recommended type of paint? I plan on painting my cabinets this summer using the General Finishes Milk Paint you have suggested. Hi Wendy! I just painted my laundry room cabinets with general finishes. Nope, we didnt sand a thing! Thanks! Even the General Finishes website says that. Hi! We ditched our old hardware (not my style) and replaced it with new handles and drawer pulls. This is what General Finishes website says about its milk paint: General Finishes milk paints will adhere to a variety of surfaces including wood, fiberglass, PVC, vinyl, and most composite materials. I have not noticed brush marks, but there could be some. The paint is holding up beautifully, Amy! Hi KLG! Did you use the deglosser in place of this? I would be happy to give you my thoughts. General Finishes high performance topcoat in flat finish (the water based version). Hi Amy! Having a hard time finding a contact number for the company. First off, I would just like to thank you for this amazing tutorial! SO. Ive taken notes, and my husband and I are going to tackle the cabinets in our upstairs loft, then the ones in our laundry room. Hi Melanie! I ordered the flat top coat, so it has VERY little sheen to it. I do know it would be super expensive if you have a lot of railings! There is no sample size smaller than that and as far as I know and General Finishes does not send them free of charge to the general publicI received them in connection with my blog post. I also know a little bit about life with twinsnever a dull moment, lol. It did add a tiny bit of sheen, so it is not as flat and flat paint, but I love it! Hi Linda, We completed painting our cabinets in April, 2014 and they are still holding up perfectly! Sue. Im thinking water based milk paint in Dark Chocolate- will this work also? I have never used it outside. In the post is a link to the product on Amazon. Thanks for the tutorial, I think Im going to tackle mine! Tahnee. I would give it a shot {but I am kind of a risk taker}. where are those awesome pendant lights over the island from? Happy new year! I have no ideawe still arent having any peeling or chipping. How much paint did it take to do your cabinets?? If so, what tool did you use? Congrats on being so close to finishing your cabinets! I am just starting my kitchen. Interesting! The Snow White may yellow some with the top coat if you put it on too thickly and/or have any drips. However, when painting over other finishes, its important to always test a small area first to make sure the paint adheres well to the original surface. I hope that helps! Keep me posted! Id like a smoother finish and hoping milk paint can deliver. I went to the website and I cant find where to get a sample sent to me so I can pick out my colors. Hi Hilda! We just went right over the sample patches with the final paint color. Hopefully, it will go quickly from here! [], [] I think its fair to say that painting the cabinets and backsplash has the most dramatic impact in the space. so many brush strokes I need to sand it all off. By the way, I was very excited after reading your process for painting your cabinets with milk paint and decided Id like to do the same But if you dont own a furniture painting business of some kind or if you dont have a DIY blog of some kind, which I dont( just a normal gal wanting to update my kitchen) then there is no possible way to get samples of this stuff I have tried going through retailers And asking GF directly ( there is no # to call either this was through FB) if I cant get some samples its pointless because Im not going to purchase a lot of paint before Im sure if the color and I dont know who would!!! How to choose an area rug: rug placement & size guide, How to Paint Kitchen Cabinets Without Sanding or Priming, Answers to Your Frequently Asked Questions, We still get questions about this post almost every single day (in fact, its the reason I finally had to turn my blog comments off a while back). We opted to use the flat finish top coat. I hope that helps! How did you calculate how much paint and top coat you needed? Thanks. It was pretty easy to use a brush to get the paint into the grooves. I am so glad I found your page, I have been thinking of grey. I would go for milk paint. I used liquid sandpaper, also known as liquid deglosser. I dont have the physical strength to continue rubbing to try and get all of the gloss off. I was wondering if you could make a suggestion to General finishes milk Paint and ask if they would do the same for me and provide me with Paint to start my project over and hopefully before God decides its my time, finish what I started. Hope you find one you like that works for your color scheme. I was thinking of chalk paint until I saw you site on pinterest. Yes, we did paint the backsplash. Am I being too lazy or you could do that ? I LOVE the look of my cabinets! Any chipping? Our kitchen originally have the dark brown cabinets that were the thing of the 70s. They are still holding up PERFECTLY. Befores, afters, mood boards, design plans, and more. Its enough to make anyone crazy, but Tasha Agruso, aDesigner Trapped in a Lawyers Body, has figured out how to paint kitchen cabinets without losing your []. This paint gives excellent coverage and goes a long way. Unfortunately, the store in my area that carries General Finishes only stocks the stains and poly, not the milk paints. Did you paint that as well? Your new kitchen looks amazing!! Thanks! I will have to give AS paint a tryI have never used it! You can leave your drawer boxes in place and just remove the drawer fronts, but I personally feel like its easier to keep the drawers in-tact. Do you know if this paint is available in the UK? Hi Dawn! Good luck Jazmin! Thank you, Glenda! We are starting our cabinets today. If you dont have a large space to work with, just work in batches. Its been over a year and the cabinets are holding up PERFECTLY. :D. Of all the sites I perused over the months I keep coming back to your kitchen make-over for ideas. Just wondering if you used the milk paint that comes as a powder that you add water to, or the premixed? How does it hold up to 3 year old with chocolate fingers? Sorry! Additionally, these paints can be applied over existing finishes, stains and other paints so long as the existing finish is fully dry. Additionally, these paints can be applied over existing finishes, stains and other paints so long as the existing finish is fully dry. youve totally given me hope that i can do this! Its this the same product you got General Finishes water based high performance polyurethane top coat in satin (just a diff finish) or is the polyurethane a different product? Did you call them or contact them in another way? But even w/ the chipping it was 1000% better then the old nasty dark brown builders special they had. Hi Amy! Good luck and thanks for reading! Gorgeous results! Hello- Im glad I found this article on Pinterest to help me find the General Finishes paint and top coat, It is wonderful. We painted the inside of the doors, but not the inside of the cabinet boxes. Also, I was thinking about using fine line tape, the same width of my grout to mask it, then paint my tile, then use grout paint afterwards. The protective top coat makes them nice and smooth/easy to wipe. Yes, the products are SUPER easy to use. Hi, I see this blog is a little over a year old. I love your kitchen makeover! Here you'll find all my best design tips. I followed directions exactly as specified. It is Babbling Brook by Olympic. It does not look like you can. Thats what I did! Will this work on laminate cabinets? I used your tutorial to update our bathroom cabinets a couple months ago and it turned out amazing! I will be ordering the milk paints etc tmrw morning and am so looking forward to updating my cabinets. Can I use this paint over existing painted kitchen cabinets? Mine is in desperate need of being refinished and I think Id prefer a bright fun color over sanding and staining, and quite frankly this process sounds WAY easier :) What are your thoughts?

We are also trying to cover yellowish orange oak cabinets until we can afford to gut the kitchen. Hi Erin! Oh gosh! I have a question!! I painted with smooth technique, but still have brush marks. Fingers crossed. Great question, Stephanie! My boyfriends house is a fixer upper so we are planning on re doing the kitchen, (after his failed attempt at painting the cabinets himself) we are excited to try your method! Now Im totally pumped about doing our kitchen cabinets ourselves! Hoping I dont need to do that on all the white! [], For the top coat did you use the water base top coat or the polyurethane base top coat? Would you mind sharing what type of material your countertop is?

Thanks for all the good instructions! Hi Suzie! Good luck! Is it the same color as the island? Hi Tasha! I actually need to add that to my post. We DID paint and seal the back of the doors. 1) This paint is very, very thick. However, when painting over other finishes, its important to always test a small area first to make sure the paint adheres well to the original surface. I hope that helps! Hi Michelle! But I did it and I am very happy I did. You will love it if/when you try it. We completed painting our cabinets in April, 2014 and they are still holding up perfectly! You are welcome :) I believe we used 3 quarts of the Seagull gray and 2 pints of the Driftwood. This paint gives excellent coverage and goes a long way. Nevermind. What kind of brand and type of brush did you use? Is there a way to get samples or color swatches? Also, it took only about 1/2 gallon of the top coat for the cabinets and the back splash. Get out there and paint, people! I dont know of any paint that totally prevents the grain from showing. [] tackle this much bigger project using milk paint! However, when painting over other finishes, its important to always test a small area first to make sure the paint adheres well to the original surface. I hope that helps! Ok. Its me again!! Thank you again! I am concerned with how to hide the grain. Let me know how yours turn out Courtney!

And so happy to hear you love the General Finishes paint as much as I do! I hope that helps! We hope to buy a cheap fixer-upper in a few years and your helpful hints will be greatly appreciated! This would be first time ever trying to DIY. I know Ill have to wipe them down after sanding. I painted the oak cabinet in our bathroom, but the grain showed through the latex paint I used, even after 2 coats, which was not the look I wanted. What made me think of using milk paint, you ask? What if I have more questions that arent answered in this blog post? What I am wondering is if this paint would work and hold up on a kitchen table. I hope that helps! Do you think it would work on fake wood?

I love this redo!! Thank you! Im just curious about coverage.. can you tell me about how many quarts/gallons you used for the cabinets? We did the cabinets in our last house (less the an year ago we finished the cabinets and promptly sold the house) with Ben Moore Advanced paint, which I LOVED, but it was a whole bunch of work sanding and priming it must have taken us 2 solid weeks with both me and my husband working on it every evening after the kids went to bed. Can I paint them with a lighter color without using twice as much of the GF milk paint? I painted both sides of the cabinet doors. Thanks so much for reading my blog, Pat!



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