PAINT  •  ANTIQUING

MILK PAINT PALETTE		HISTORY
	BARN RED SALEM RED PUMPKIN OYSTER WHITE BUTTERMILK MARIGOLD MUSTARD BAYBERRY GREEN TAVERN GREEN LEXINGTON GREEN SEA MIST SLATE FEDERAL BLUE SOLDIER BLUE PITCH BLACK	arly American colonists and Shakers painted their furniture and interiors with milk paint using a formula that dated back to Ancient Egypt. Up until the middle 1800's paint was not sold commercially. People made their own. The most common recipe contained milk protein, quicklime and earth pigments. Because of the unique durability of milk paint, many fine examples still exist that are hundreds of years. old, and whose finish is just as true as the day the paint was applied.
		AUTHENTIC LOOK
		he deep rich colors of Milk Paint authentically reflect those colors found on existing antique furniture and buildings.  Modern paints cannot compare with the colors and the texture of the finish for achieving the "old" or "country look" of Colonial or Shaker furniture and interiors. Like the paints used hundreds of years ago, the colors in Milk Paint will not fade, and Milk Paint is environmentally safe and non-toxic.

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