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   Guest_ | Jan 11, 2000 03:18pm | #1

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   "adding pigment to paint is not a science it is an art" at least according to my clour teacher at art school. the best way is to add half (if not less it usually dose not take much) the pigment that you think you need, keep track of the amount. when you get to the clour you want you have your recipe. Sorry I can't be more helpfull with exact amounts.
   stubby

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   Guest_ | Jan 12, 2000 08:49am | #2

   *I can't help you either. There is an outfit on the internet that sells milk paint - you might want to check out their web site just for fun: http://www.milkpaint.com/

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   rmr | Jan 12, 2000 08:16pm | #3

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   I started out by thinking I would buy their product and bought some for testing -- but it's expensive -- almost $10 a pint. Then someone in the home repair newsgroup told me about Tolpin's book. That gave me the idea I could make my own.

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   rmr48 | Jan 12, 2000 08:16pm | #4

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   I've been convinced by Jim Toplin's Taunton Press book on traditional cabinets, to use milk paint on my new cabs. The book outlines everything you need to make the paint, except no ideas about how to use pigment. I want to make a cream, linen white color and the guys at my paint store sold me titanium white, raw umber and raw sienna pigment. Any ideas on how much pigment I'll need to make a half gallon of paint? I think I'm going to use the second recipe in the book which adds more lime and linseed oil to make a more protective paint: 1/2 gal milk, 8 oz. lime, 8 oz linseed oil, 3 lbs whiting and pigment. Thanks, all.