Early Access Video: Make your own paint!
Added 2020-06-27 11:01:01 +0000 UTCFriends:
I am BACK from vacation and I'm totally rested....actually, I'm still pretty tired, but the work keeps me going.
This week, I finished the kitchen cabinet that's been in my videos for the last 6 or 7 weeks. To top it off, I made my own paint. I mixed pigment with oil and with curdled milk. I tried several ways of making paint, both from scratch and from pre-made mixes. How'd it turn out?
That's a looooooong story.
Watch the video; it's worth it.
Happy Saturday!
--Rex
Comments
No pressure! I'm just happy you're here. Really.
Rex Krueger
2020-07-03 15:55:49 +0000 UTCRex Krueger, trying the difficult and messy stuff so we don't have to. Keep going like this and I may up my Patreon level.
Mad Hamish
2020-07-02 10:09:26 +0000 UTCI have to agree with Michael Ross. There is no reason that you had to let it sit overnight and putrify. You can just heat the milk (~160F) in a pan, add the vinegar, and stir. Come back in 30 minutes, drain it in a colander and rinse the curds with water to get rid of the excess vinegar, breaking up the curds with your fingers. After that, you could salt it and eat it, or add pigments to make paint. Don't give up on milk paint just because of one bad experience.
Michael Bennett
2020-07-01 23:01:55 +0000 UTCI love working with milk paint! Kudos for attempting to make your own. I don't think I have the stomach for it. The cabinet came out great! I've never tried it, but I hear you can strip the zinc coating off of the hinges using citric acid used for canning, to make them less bright and more old-timey looking.
Eldon
2020-06-30 01:22:20 +0000 UTCThanks for the video, Rex. Excellent coverage and very interesting. It also convinces me that I will NEVER make my own paint unless I'm looking to experiment or kill a bunch of time! Looking forward to the plans for the cabinet to learn from! Cheers, BB
Brian Benson
2020-06-29 23:11:15 +0000 UTCMy wife has used chalkpaint quite a bit. (she didn't make it herself, but she bought it herself ;-). She says the main advantage is that you don't have to sand your subject before applying the paint. Seems a bit weird to me but she's the expert. I'm not crazy about it. In my opinion it feels (and looks) a bit like you only used primer to paint...
Frans van Ballegooijen
2020-06-28 14:10:32 +0000 UTCMilk Is coagulated two ways to make cheese, with rennet where they harvest it from the stomachs of calves (now that is kind of gross). There is a vegetable rennet. The other way is with acid conversion. You can use vinegar, citric acid, lemon juice, probably others. The acid conversion gives you fresh cheeses like queso fresco, cotija, paneer and many more. Nice stuff that doesn't melt and run when it gets hot. The grossness of old refrigerator milk is converted by some random bacteria. I have used vinegar, lemon and citric and they are all about the same. Not sure what is felt to be so distasteful about it. With the acids there is very little odor at all. If you taste them they taste like vinegar, lemon or citric acid and milk, if they taste like anything at all. The wild bacterial stuff? I would agree full heartedly that potentially is disgusting. Experienced cheese makers can make good bacterial and fungal conversions, but wild is a crap shoot not worth experiencing.
Michael Ross
2020-06-28 13:41:09 +0000 UTCMilk paint? Add vinegar? I never imagined that a wood working video would turn my stomach ๐ฑ๐คข๐คฎ
xavi
2020-06-28 13:26:29 +0000 UTCI do not have a website, but can send you pics. My chair building was with Mike Dunbar at the Windsor Institute. The school is now closed but Mike has published books and youtube videos, as well as Fine Woodworking magazine.
Mark R. Ferraro
2020-06-28 13:06:57 +0000 UTCProbably well. It's worth a try!
Rex Krueger
2020-06-28 12:33:43 +0000 UTCYou do not!
Rex Krueger
2020-06-28 12:33:27 +0000 UTCI'd rather be hung-over!
Rex Krueger
2020-06-28 12:33:20 +0000 UTCThat sounds like a better way to go!
Rex Krueger
2020-06-28 12:33:03 +0000 UTCI did not see this ad.
Rex Krueger
2020-06-28 12:32:17 +0000 UTCI've read about that technique and I very much want to try it. Also, do you show your Windsors online anywhere? I very much want to see them.
Rex Krueger
2020-06-28 12:31:54 +0000 UTCYup, it really was gross.
Rex Krueger
2020-06-28 12:31:12 +0000 UTCThat sounds like the way!
Rex Krueger
2020-06-28 12:30:48 +0000 UTCWith a little more time, I would have tried chalkpaint, too. It sounds good.
Rex Krueger
2020-06-28 12:30:33 +0000 UTCI'm glad I saved someone the bother!
Rex Krueger
2020-06-28 12:30:08 +0000 UTCIt was just on Amazon. Good price, too.
Rex Krueger
2020-06-28 12:29:55 +0000 UTCThank you!
Rex Krueger
2020-06-28 12:29:35 +0000 UTCI'm sure it's awesome....for other people!
Rex Krueger
2020-06-28 12:29:25 +0000 UTCI am enjoying the feeling!
Rex Krueger
2020-06-28 12:29:03 +0000 UTCRex, you reminded of something that my grandfather used to use, he would always paint our steps from the garden to the house ( all 32 of them) with white lime paint, wonder how that would go on timber.
Brian Shaw
2020-06-28 05:09:25 +0000 UTCGlad to hear I donโt have to make my own paint.
Thrifty Woodworker
2020-06-28 03:21:43 +0000 UTCA mix of linseed oil, curdled milk, and pigment are actually the best remedy for a hangover.
Stephen Cannon
2020-06-28 00:50:57 +0000 UTCI had that experience, but with Yoohoo. Just thinking about it can get me queasy. For those who are still thinking about it, there are some recipes for milk paint that start with powdered milk (https://www.craftsmanfinishes.com/diymilkpaint/, for example), though, honestly, if I'm not also making my own pigment/pigment blend, I don't see the advantage over buying paint
Mandy
2020-06-27 17:58:02 +0000 UTCJason, I don't see what you mean by "ghosted ad".
Colby Allred
2020-06-27 17:28:26 +0000 UTCGreat video as always. I was a little annoyed that there was a ghosted ad over your shirt through the whole video. Has Patreon started throwing ads on videos that we are paying to watch. Thatโs a little annoying.
Jason Bailey
2020-06-27 16:54:05 +0000 UTCOK, persistent then. There is some similarity between the two.
Michael Ross
2020-06-27 16:21:06 +0000 UTCI'm going to go tell my wife someone called me "patient". She needs a good laugh.
Rex Krueger
2020-06-27 16:02:52 +0000 UTCI have used milk paint for years on my Windsor chairs. I top coat with Watco oil and wax. I often use two or three layers of different color milk paint. Over time the layers are worn and a kind of natural patina develops. The wear pattern will bring many fond memories of how your family used the item. Kind of like a time capsule you didn't have to bury.
Mark R. Ferraro
2020-06-27 15:55:16 +0000 UTCUnless your making cheese, I have no desire to do anything with curdled milk! I look forward to seeing the complete video on the cabinet.
Robert A Carbo
2020-06-27 15:35:54 +0000 UTCThanks Rex, I have been planning the same paint experiment for a while on a hall table I have following Richard Maguire's series. His wife is into design and has used milk paint. THey milk painted the series end product. It looks very nice. You haven't dissuaded me. I can pretty much tolerate any smell so that isn't an issue. But, its really good to see a patient person like yourself chime in on the laborious, tedious nature of it. I won't be surprised or impatient myself when I do it. Great video series! You keep rewarding my patronage in spades. Mike
Michael Ross
2020-06-27 15:08:35 +0000 UTCThere's a building supply recycling company near me, and they always have cans of paint for sale. I think I'll use the paint from there instead of trying to make it myself. That takes care of the biggest issue with buying paint - the cost. It's usually $2-5 for a can.
Yohann_M
2020-06-27 14:44:49 +0000 UTCWatch what your saying. Often when people say that they'll NEVER EVER gonna do something, chances are that they probably will... But I'll take your word for it for now. Time will tell... And you don't have to use milk, there's also something called Chalkpaint... BTW: Great job...
Frans van Ballegooijen
2020-06-27 14:31:27 +0000 UTCI will take your word for it and NEVER try to make my own paint. Thanks for doing it for us! Because I may have tried to some time.
Jeff Stauffer
2020-06-27 14:06:37 +0000 UTCJust the thought of the smell of the curdled milk make me want to hurl. I do like the mixed powered paint though. Where did you find the stuff? (Off to google I go)
Kirk von der Heydt
2020-06-27 13:40:28 +0000 UTCLook forward to the build video. The piece looks great!
Thomas Tittlemier
2020-06-27 12:22:19 +0000 UTCMilk paint was so not on my radar! I also heard that you can use egg yolks as a binder for the pigment, which is another thing I definitely cannot imagine ^^
Daniel Bohrer
2020-06-27 11:49:13 +0000 UTCGreat video...that wonderful feeling of finally completing a project.
Kevin S Thomas
2020-06-27 11:28:02 +0000 UTC
