I painted this side table with safe paint. I got a free sample of it to try in the color sea green (I found a blog where you could email the company to try a free sample… and even though the post was 2 years old, they sent me a sample!). It is still considered milk paint and made with the same ingredients, but it is meant for walls. I tried regular milk paint before on this table. You can read about that experience if you click the link.
I picked this up off of craigslist in the free section and it was looking like this.
It had a laminate top, but I whipped out the orbital sander and ruffed it up. I lightly hand sanded the other parts of the table before I got to painting. Safe paint is meant for walls, so it does not flake and chip like milk paint. It adhered very well to the the table and I had not trouble with it.
I used two coats of paint, three in some spots, but it covered well. It has this weathered/cottage-y look to it since the paint has lighter and darker streaks. It adds a lot of character to the piece. I absolutely love the paint! I would definitely recommend trying it out if you get the chance. The finish is amazing and and it sticks really well.
I like the color of this paint, but I want to try mixing in some of the federal blue milk paint I have and see what color I would get… and what finish. It might chip, or it might not. I might have to try that out!
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That turned out great! I am doing a wall of bookcases right now with 1 part Sea Green, 1 part White, and 1 part "Greige" that I made out of mixing colors together.
By the way, the company does NOT recommend mixing Safepaint with Milkpaint. I know I have done it before, but it was only a tiny bit of the milkpaint in the mix. It certainly is ok to use milkpaint on top of safepaint. The milkpaint makes a fabulous wash, if you want to try that with the blue on top.
Which paint did you end up liking better, the Milkpaint or the Safepaint?
btw, the Fed Blue with the Sea Green makes a delicious color. I always lighten mine though with white.
big improvement….love that color! I've never heard of safepaint before…interesting!
I like that I knew what to expect with the safe paint and how well it adhered, but I do like the weathered/chipped look of milk paint (just not too much). It's good to know it is not recommended to mix the two… but I might still try it to see what happens.
Post about it when you do. If it doesn't cause problems, it sure would save me a lot of money. I have both products in many colors and would rather mix them than have to reorder.
The table looks so pretty now. I had never heard of safepaint before and my interest has been piqued.
I'm loving this table. Great transformation. That color is perfect.
Very cool, you do nice work.
so pretty! i love that color and love it paired with the darker blue accessories.
I really like that color! Beautiful! Visiting from Liz Marie.
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Thanks Cassie! I love the way it turned out too!
Thanks for stopping by! I really appreciate it!
It is great stuff! You should try it out.
I love the green-blue color too! I knew I needed to paint something in sea green after seeing so many others use it on pieces that turned out great! Thanks for stopping by!
Thanks! I think it really updated the piece!
It looks great! What is the blog that offers the free sample? I would like to try it too.
Susan
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Thanks Susan! I sent you an email. Let me know if you get it or not!
Hi…the table looks just great! I have a couple of old pieces of furniture that I would like to try painting…always so worried that I will not do it correctly…you make it look pretty easy to do, thanks…please send me the site so that I can hopefully get a free container of the safe paint.
Thanks again, Diane
d-westbrook@sbcglobal.net
Hi everyone, if you'd like to try a sample pint of our SafePaint, please send an email to anne@milkpaint.com with your address and one of our 20 standard colors you'd like to try! http://www.milkpaint.com/color.html
We developed our SafePaint milk paint formula for walls but it can be used on many other surfaces as well.
Anne Thibeau, The Old Fashioned Milk Paint Co.
Hi everyone, if you'd like to try a sample pint of our SafePaint, please send an email to anne@milkpaint.com with your address and one of our 20 standard colors you'd like to try! http://www.milkpaint.com/color.html
We developed our SafePaint milk paint formula for walls but it can be used on many other surfaces as well.
Anne Thibeau, The Old Fashioned Milk Paint Co.
I love, love the Sea Green color.I'm preparing to paint my paneled walls & this color would be perfect! I wonder if the Safe Paint would adhere to paneling with just a light sheen. I don't want to sand the whole room.
I think it would probably work! It adhered really well for me and I used it over laminate. If you email the company you can get a free sample and try it out! (see the comment above)
Do you think the safe paint would work well on lamenate kitchen cabinets if seal in the end?
It seems like it would work. You can always email the company for a free sample and try it out before you commit. The one thing I would say is because milk paint is flat is will absorb anything. Any type of oil, so if you use it in a kitchen I would say it needs to me sealed with something durable or maybe use tung oil to give the paint the richness then seal.