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How Can I Create a Custom Glaze, Wash, Varnish or Stain?

text: get the look antique white milk paint accented with yellow ochre glaze effects
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ANSWER: You can design your own custom glazes, washes and varnishes with General Finishes intermixable water based products. See tips and recipes below:

GF Tip: For all of the following mixes, GF recommends the following two steps:

2017 General Finishes Featured Blogger - Saw Nail & Paint

custom wood furniture by saw nail & paint using general finishes stains, dyes, and paints
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GF is ecstatic to present Saw Nail and Paint as our first Featured Blogger of 2017! 

Is GF's Milk Paint a True Milk Paint?

pink bougainvillea dresser
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We named our product Milk Paint with the intention of putting a clear, bright, contemporary spin on an old fashioned furniture paint tradition. With that said, GF's Milk Paint is not a true Milk Paint as it does not contain any milk powder.

Milk Paint Bases for Tinting

General Finishes Water Based Water Based Milk Paint Bases for Tinting, Clear and White Base

Tint General Finishes Milk Paint Clear or White base to match colors in major manufacturer's paint decks using Colorfal Zero VOC water soluble colorants.

*How Can I Create a Custom Glaze, Wash, Varnish or Stain?

Glaze Effects Technique Tips

You can design your own custom glazes, stains, washes, and varnishes with General Finishes intermixable water-based products. **Do not mix General Finishes Glaze Effects with General Finishes Water Based Stain (including Pre-Stain Natural) See tips and recipes below.

For all of the following mixes, GF recommends the following two steps:

Style Inspiration - Lamp Black Milk Paint

furniture that has been refinished using lamp black milk paint
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General Finishes Lamp Black Milk Paint is not only one of our most popular

General Finishes Milk Paint Monday - Persian Blue Nightstands

refinished nightstand using persian blue milk paint
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For today's Milk Paint Monday, we wanted to share a pair of nightstands with 

*How Do I Repair Chipping Paint Applied Over an Existing Finish?

Milk Paint Repairing & Trouble Shooting Water Based Finishes

There is no easy solution to this problem. General Finishes Milk Paint has strong adhesion properties but there are several reasons this finish could fail:

How to Glaze a Table with General Finishes Glaze Effects

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In this tutorial video Chris Adams and "celebrity guest" Holly Haguewood of Drabs2Fabs show how to glaze a small table with Van Dyke Brown

Clawfoot Table Transformed with General Finishes Persian Blue Milk Paint

clawfoot table refinished with persian blue milk paint
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Cassie of Primitive and Proper (http://bit.ly/18BZRqt) transformed this claw foot pedestal table with one coat of Paris Gray chalk paint and our General Finishes Persian Blue 

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