Most of you would be familiar with Milk Paint and it’s great for white-washing in my opinion. Now make your own milk paint and save some cash in the process.

Basic Milk Paint Recipe:

For approx. 1.5 Gallons Milk Paint
One Gallon Skim Milk
Two Cups Builders Lime also called Hydrated Lime ( Do NOT use Quick Lime)
One Quart Linseed Oil ( the boiled type )
1/2 Cup of Salt
Dye (Color) add in as needed

Strain with cheesecloth or fine mesh screen wire
Use within Two Days of mixing

or approx. 5 Gallons Milk Paint
Four Gallons of Skim Milk
Two Quarts Builders Lime ( Do NOT use Quick Lime)
One Gallon Linseed Oil ( the boiled type )
Approx 2 Cups Salt
Dye (color) add in as needed

Strain with cheesecloth or fine mesh screen wire
Use within Two Days of mixing

Basic Whitewash Recipe

Add 5 pounds of Hydrated Lime ( do not use quick lime ) to 1 gallon of water. Allow standing overnight. Dissolve 1 1/2 pounds of salt in 2 quarts of water and add to the lime water mixture with vigorous stirring. Optional: for exterior use add in 1-2 quarts of boilled linseed oil.

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DIY: Make Your Own Milk Paint

Don’t look know but another player from the garments industry has crashed the party of growing list of furniture making companies in the world today. Calvin Klein, more familiarly known for its clothing line has announced that it will launch its own line of furniture, a move that is seen to help the company branch out on other fields outside the fasionable clothing and pants line.

Calvin Klein will introduce two designer furniture lines this spring ‘Calvin Klein’ and ‘The Curator collection by Calvin Klein Home’. “Strategically, the addition of furniture is very significant for us as it further extends the Calvin Klein Home lifestyle product offering,” said Tom Murry, Calvin Klein’s president & chief executive officer.

The Calvin Klein furniture collection will be sold exclusively at Macy’s as of January, and consists of three groups – City, Weekend and Destination – with each group having a specific wood finish of walnut, whitewash and teak, respectively.

(Source) Fashion United

Calvin Klein Crashes Furniture Market