What is your bst homemade recipe for "chalk" paint please?
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I use 1-cup of flat paint w/ primer - 4-tbs of plaster Paris - 4-tsp water shake well (I use mason jar ) easy pizzy !
Mix 1/3 cup of plaster of Paris and 1/3 cup of cool water; stir until completely smooth. Mix that with 1 cup of latex paint and stir thoroughly. This will make enoughchalk-finish paint for one coat on a six-drawer dresser. Chalk-finish paint should not be stored and reused.
Kourtnie Mills
As you may know, chalk paint gives a chalky finish when dry. Usually wax is used over the piece to buff out to a smooth luster.