We've been painting our furniture WRONG! Tips for a better, faster painted finish

[@StumpyNubs]

I sense that this video (though it goes well with the sponsor) may be inspired by the annoyance of constant replies to the same comments over rand over. I myself have made several videos just so I can link to them when I get certain comments. Saves typing :)

[@AnneofAllTrades]

😂😂😂 I can spot another content creator from a thousand miles away

[@blueblur6447]

@@AnneofAllTrades Two of the best!

[@dpmakestuff]

Anne this was delightful! I just finished Greg's class and found this when I was looking for paint tips! It might be worth checking out a siphon feed spray gun. They're less likely to clog up so filtering wouldn't been as tricky. Thanks for the video!

[@johannes.f.r.]

Wow, that is one beautiful chair and will only get better. Please wear PPE with non-toxic paints too. Just because it wouldn't hurt much via the digestive system doesn't mean it won't hurt the lungs. Only air is always best.

[@AnneofAllTrades]

We did don masks soon after starting, and then moved outside after thinking about it some more- you're totally right, even with non-toxic products, why risk it unnecessarily?

[@jmc-xp6ml]

I love black chairs

[@christophercastor6666]

That seat is the cow’s moo, the bee’s knees, and butt’s crack all wrapped up in a Killer Bundle! I love it! Hell of an idea!

[@backpacker3421]

Chair experiment = resounding success. Thing of beauty, right there, no question about it.

[@JSeven]

ooooooooooooo giiiiiiiiiiiiirl. love that final!

[@tntimberworks]

Excellent video! I love the guys and gals at The Real Milk Paint Company! And thank you for unknowingly answering a question I’ve had about using a spray gun for milk paint. 2:1 and off we go!

[@kerryfoose3116]

Just love watching Real Milk Paint go on with a sprayer!! Now I gotta try it myself. GOALS!!

[@denbarris783]

Really nice to see you again.

[@AnneofAllTrades]

I've been getting word from lots of folks that KZbin hasn't been recommending my videos, even for folks that have notifications on, I'm not sure why?

[@denbarris783]

@@AnneofAllTrades You know, I wondered if I had accidently turned off my notification because I don't think I got a notification. Don't worry, I frequently check my favorites for new post.

[@aarondsalberg]

I’m deprived. I’ve never seen chairs painted that nice. Wow!

[@AnneofAllTrades]

There is nothing quite as beautiful as a well done windsor. It's funny saying that now, because it was't that long ago that I thought windsor chairs were ugly and dated. What was I thinking?

[@DavidLee-zc7uj]

As a ceramic artist we often spray glazes in a very similar way. Filtering our glaze through an 80 mesh sieve and removing the filter from the spray gun

[@ralphiewigs2208]

I painted a New England comb back with milk paint (red and black, of course) but it WAS an ordeal. I always wondered about spraying and now I know.

[@samgooding-matthews3175]

Can always rely on you to get the perfect balance between modern techniques and the traditional customs great video Anne 👍🏻

[@AnneofAllTrades]

I’m all about tradition, but if there’s a way to speed up the process without losing the effect, we’ll shoot, we’ve got LOTS more projects we need to tackle! Onward and upward!

[@samgooding-matthews3175]

@@AnneofAllTrades why I love your channel

[@AnneofAllTrades]

@@samgooding-matthews3175 I'm glad to have ya here!

[@fulcrumsystems4470]

Wow. Beautiful work.

[@aaronwilson9763]

Cool technique! To spray... or not to spray? With all the negative space between the chair legs and back... Brushing would reduce the waist (in paint) quite a bit. Spraying reduces the time (painting), the labor involved, and producing consistent coverage is less stressful. Thanks for sharing these experiences on KZbin!

[@SawdustmakerLori]

Chairs turned out AWESOME and so glad Greg is going to help work on your truck restoration since you helped with painting the chairs. It's a win, win situation for you both!!!

[@AnneofAllTrades]

I agree! I can’t wait to get started!!

[@buildingstuffaustralia360]

The two tone look is great. Love the chairs.

[@terrijuanette486]

LOVE the chipmunk voice over!!

[@laroseauxboisrosewoodwoodw8585]

Man ohhh man this is stuning 😱🤪😱🤪👍🏼❤️🇨🇦 Thx for sharing Anne so cool to see you back in woodworking 👏👍🏼

[@AnneofAllTrades]

It’s about dang time! More to come soon!

[@GibClark]

Beautiful results 👍👍👍👍

[@stonee1968]

That last chair looks awesome!

[@AnneofAllTrades]

Isn't that so cool? I've got one of those started as well, that sassafras is out of this world.

[@dhansonranch]

Gorgeous chairs! Great video!

[@Gshochet]

I adore Real Milk Paint products and have been using their paint and tung oil for years. My process is the same as the one you describe and having done six Windsor chairs, two three-person farmhouse benches and a huge farmhouse sink cabinet repurposed as a buffet (all in that traditional black over red), I can attest that it is time-consuming! The results, however, are oh-so-satisfying.

[@AnneofAllTrades]

Real Milk Paint is such an incredible product, and an even more awesome company!! I'm thankful to have been able to partner with them!

[@davetarrant6888]

Awesome job Anne! I really like the way the black over red, letting some red show through looks.

[@AnneofAllTrades]

Thank you! Isn't that so cool? Who would've thought? (Well, somebody very smart, a very long time ago :))

[@mattevans-koch9353]

What a great video! Thank you Anne for sharing these tips and highlighting Gregg's chairs. The last chair was fantastic. The traditional paint really made the natural wood of the seat standout.

[@AnneofAllTrades]

I've loved being able to spend so much more time with Greg since moving here, I've learned so much helping him with his classes and commissions.

[@StarrWoodworks]

Wow can’t believe that worked. Very cool.

[@AnneofAllTrades]

Isn't that so cool? Did you guys end up brushing or spraying yours this week?

[@StarrWoodworks]

@@AnneofAllTrades We ended up brushing, but I was thinking spraying thoughts the whole time.

[@jonboy8181]

Absolutely beautiful…..so’s the chair!

[@JiggsysShed]

That is a great idea and seemed to work really well. The final result looks great. Thanks for sharing

[@williamkraft5574]

The last chair looks amazing. I hope you will film working on your truck each time you work on it.

[@AnneofAllTrades]

Thank you! I absolutely will/have ;)

[@jodihyde-parker9220]

The chair looked absolutely fantastic!

[@AnneofAllTrades]

Thank you!

[@foundit6088]

Awesome video! Just picked up the same gun today and saw this video in the feed. Great timing, thanks!

[@AnneofAllTrades]

There you go!

[@blueblur6447]

Cant wait to get in this classroom with the wife and make a chair in a few months! Awesome video, keeping me stoked!

[@AnneofAllTrades]

It's such a magical place!

[@stanervin6108]

iirc, that same process using a lemony yellow base coat, lightly sanded, followed by a black 'wash' coat has a pleasing smoky look to it!

[@AnneofAllTrades]

isn't it so cool to experiment with fun stuff like that?

[@tmackie1694]

Aloha, Anne. On the subject of spraying milk paint on furniture (including info on specific brand/model of sprayers best for this task), there’s a wealth of information on the “Jami Ray Vintage” youtube channel. Jami and Zeb Ray have sprayed (hundreds?) of pieces with milk paint, and their videos are chocked full of endless tips & tricks. Highly recommend! 😁

[@AnneofAllTrades]

Oh seriously? Haha just when I thought I had come up with a brilliantly original idea, back to the drawing board!

[@tmackie1694]

@@AnneofAllTrades Here’s one of the videos featuring the “Critter” sprayer kzbin.info/www/bejne/fGmwZWyCh9aerpY Also includes great tip of using a low-cost immersion blender to mix the milk paint super smooth to avoid clogging when spraying.

[@stanervin6108]

Link?

[@Jeffrich308]

Gotta love Harbor Freight Spray guns. If it's too dirty, throw it and get a new one...

[@chromeelder3479]

Hooray, a new video form Anne!

[@AnneofAllTrades]

😁😁😁😁

[@wayneu1233]

Excellent! Another tip: if you want gold paint to pop (most likely on a picture frame), do that same sort of red undercoat first.

[@AnneofAllTrades]

That makes sense!

[@kstuart3924]

Hey Anne, this is brilliant!!! I’m so trying this on my next Windsor build. Taught by Curtis Buchanan, I was finishing the same way you and Greg were but definitely giving this a whirl. Thanks so much for sharing. Love your videos, keep up the great work. Cheers

[@AnneofAllTrades]

Thanks so much! You're lucky to have learned from Curtis! I'd love to go spend a week with him with Greg and Travis and a few of our other chairmaking friends. What a dream!

[@kstuart3924]

That would be a dream! I’m in Ontario, Canada but would definitely make the trip down for that little meeting of masters. All the best Cheers Bruce

[@bmxscape]

those are some beauty chairs, great paint job

[@terrijuanette486]

Beautiful, gorgeous finished product. I have a paint gun. I'll be painting ALL my chairs from now on with Milk paint & a paint gun. (I detest painting chairs. Ugh.)

[@nefariousyawn]

You're such a cool cat. Thanks for sharing!

[@AnneofAllTrades]

Thank you!

[@jameskniskern2261]

And if you had bought another $15 solution, you could have sprayed the oil on too. Quick tip: rig up a quick "spray booth" around your work zone to keep overspray from getting on all of the tools, walls and floor of the workshop. :)

[@AnneofAllTrades]

I like where your mind is at, but There’s no point to spray the oil because it needs to get burnished in. Spraying the oil would actually add an extra step

[@tree_carcass_mangler]

Thumbs up and thanks for posting!

[@AnneofAllTrades]

Thanks for watching!

[@dickdavidson3616]

Win Win !

[@AnneofAllTrades]

Everyone loves winning!

[@_Merica_USA]

Another great video Mrs Anne

[@AnneofAllTrades]

Thank you! So glad you enjoyed it!

[@dpmeyer4867]

good job

[@davidgagnon2849]

I've gone to that same "cheap non-descript" store and bought the same $15 gun. LOL

[@AnneofAllTrades]

Heyyyooo! Twinz

[@jackthompson8019]

Cool looking chairs.

[@AnneofAllTrades]

Windsor’s are so fun!

[@ReyArteb]

Ive learned something new, Thumbs up for you!

[@AnneofAllTrades]

Yay! I love hearing that!!

[@thesawdustfactory]

Great video Anne. Thanks for confirming the comment voices being an octave above chipmunk ... thought I was the only one hearing them that way! R

[@AnneofAllTrades]

😂😂😂 my friend Jimmy Diresta has the funniest troll voice. I love when he uses it in his videos.

[@sgsax]

That finish is absolutely stunning! Why does it seem like finishing takes up most of the time when building something? I've got a sprayer just waiting to be tried out. Definitely going to use it on my next project. Thanks for sharing!

[@AnneofAllTrades]

Make sure to filter the paint really well and maybe even take your filter out before spraying. It's such a game changer being able to spray it :)

[@-10ranch]

I can always tell when a person is a good person when I discover they are a pickle person! LOL Pickles Are Awesome! and you get a free jar!

[@AnneofAllTrades]

Hear HEAR! I'm all about the free jar as a bonus for a whole bunch of goodness.

[@ChickenBones93]

What is purple spray gun you end up using and what size is the nozzle does it have?

[@brycegardner6171]

Nice video! What was used to block the part of the wood that was to be oiled?

[@AnneofAllTrades]

Painter’s tape of course!

[@FredMcIntyre]

Awesome stuff Anne, thanks for the info! 😃👍🏻👊🏻 ..... 😍🪑

[@AnneofAllTrades]

Thanks for watching Free!

[@cobymcgee8026]

Next Anne channel, “The Amazing Anne”. Great idea!

[@AnneofAllTrades]

Haha I found out, to my dismay, after I filmed this that this is apparently a “known solution…” but not in the windsor community, so at least there’s that!

[@demonknight7965]

Lol i was just thinking I wonder if you can spray that milk paint on. 2 seconds later you bring up spraying it lol.

[@AnneofAllTrades]

hahaha yep!

[@tmackie1694]

Aloha! The audio mouse voice was hilarious 😂

[@AnneofAllTrades]

Hehehehe Adam asked me the other day “so, are your videos just going to keel getting weirder and weirder?” I was like “Of course! But I’ve had to introduce my weirdness slowly, just like I did with you.” 😂😂😂

[@tmackie1694]

@@AnneofAllTrades ha ha! File in the (cute) weirdness category you popping out of a hole in the ground on another recent video 😂

[@mattomon1045]

Anne the pigment can also be toxic So when you spray paint use a dust mask or a respirator. The pigments can clog up your lungs and stay with you a long time( the rest of your life) So please use a dust mask or a respirator please.

[@AnneofAllTrades]

If you look closely, you'll see we donned masks soon after starting, then decided to move the whole process outside, because even though it's non-toxic, it's always better to be safe than sorry ;)

[@eddieadams4770]

Geez you guys. So much work! And you build the chairs too? That's so much darn work! Someone just tried to commission me to re-do a dining table and six chairs. No thanks. Each chair is probably as much work as the entire table. So many angles. So many sides. So many tiny pieces. Just not worth it. They'd have to pay me at least $200 a chair.

[@AnneofAllTrades]

ha! There is a reason handmade furniture is so expensive ;)

[@Kris_at_WhiteOaksFarm]

Just moved up to an HVLP sprayer to finish some outdoor window trim. So much more efficient than brushing. I do use a brush when I have to fill small voids. I'm interested in that milk paint. can it be used for exterior projects, or is it just for indoor things?

[@AnneofAllTrades]

I painted my chicken coop with it, it just needs to be sealed properly :)

[@troyjackson9402]

Doesn't the spraying give a thinner, less protective coat? Although I imagine details would show better.

[@AnneofAllTrades]

I guess that depends on how you mix your paint and how you spray, but I highly doubt anyone could tell the difference between the chairs we sprayed vs brushed.

[@peterbathum2775]

seems like the mix of wood is worth playing up unless youre committed to the period treatment

[@AnneofAllTrades]

Not sure what you mean by that, the mix of woods is picking the best wood for the best job so you end up with the best product overall 🤔

[@peterbathum2775]

@@AnneofAllTrades I mean that all the various woods you used are unique and have a finish all their own that looks cool togther as they sit. Painting covers them up to fit with the traditional look you mentioned , where all are black. Both are good looking. There's a lot of work i've seen lately that clearcoat everything and let the mix of woods chosen stand as they are. Your chairs befor painting looked great to me. They also looked great after painting, with the depth added by the mutiple undercoats. I really like your use of dry pigments, easiest to color match ... is the binder in with the pigment ? guess I'll have to do more reading.

[@peterbathum2775]

@@AnneofAllTrades and now Ive read more and get your reasons why you like them painted. jumping to conclusions without all the information ...

[@ellismedavoy7314]

Wow

[@GuitarFuYou]

What is the cure time for a finish on a chair that will be used?

[@AnneofAllTrades]

Because this is sprayed with an air gun it’s dry to the touch and ready for the next coat in about 5 mins. The only thing that needs measurable dry time is the last coat of oil. I usually give that about 24 hours

[@jamiejessup90]

Thanks for the great video! Just curious we’re you using a conventional or HVLP gun?

[@AnneofAllTrades]

Originally we were using an air gun specifically for water-based paints, but it clogged too easily, so we switched to a Central Pneumatic HVLP sprayer from Harbor Freight and just removed the filter. 14.99 and worked like a charm :)

[@KettleCamping]

Thank you for another great video! That chair looks amazing! 👍

[@AnneofAllTrades]

Thank you!!

[@Captblue715]

What was the putty you used?

[@AnneofAllTrades]

I don’t remember the exact brand offhand but if you check out the blog post there are some closeup pics of it. Anneofalltrades.com

[@rodrigobarreda85]

Is that a Ford N tractor at 8:33?

[@AnneofAllTrades]

8n :)

[@rodrigobarreda85]

@@AnneofAllTrades Niceeeeee, i learned to drive in one!

[@jwydubak9673]

How much more paint is needed for a spray job?

[@AnneofAllTrades]

Actually the difference is pretty negligible- between no loss into the brush and none drying out on the sides of the canister, I think we only went through about a quart of paint total with five coats on 8 chairs. But… don’t ever trust me too much with math or measurement 🤓

[@rfguy8499]

Love your videos, but I want to point out you need a respirator on when spraying milk paint. It is NOT safe. The manufacturer you used lists calcium hydroxide (lime) as an ingredient in their milk paint. Inhaling lime dust may lead to irritation of breathing passages, coughing and sneezing. Also depending on calcium hydroxide levels and length of exposure you can get calcium hydroxide poisoning which can lead to death. Please wear a respirator when spraying milk paint products.

[@AnneofAllTrades]

If you look closely, you'll see we donned masks soon after starting, then decided to move the whole process outside, because even though it's non-toxic, it's always better to be safe than sorry ;)

[@rfguy8499]

@@AnneofAllTrades Yeah, I wasn't trying to nitpick, but just point out the hazard. Some wood finishes are promoted for being food safe, but often this is only after the finish has fully cured - it doesn't mean you can consume copious quantities by ingestion or inhalation without having issues. Love your woodworking and gardening content, it is very appreciated. You are amazing...

[@mikehomner4724]

Is "yucky" a technical term? ;-)

[@AnneofAllTrades]

You're going to hear a LOT of scientific terms on this channel :P

[@mikehomner4724]

@@AnneofAllTrades Just glad that you're back posting, we missed you! :):)

[@emilivanov5272]

Non toxic still may be too bad for breathing in...

[@ardenthebibliophile]

Yo even non toxic stuff can be harmful when aerosolized and inhaled. Be careful!

[@AnneofAllTrades]

I absolutely will! I talked with RMP though, and they said there wasn't any danger in what we were doing. But moving outside was a wise choice regardless haha

[@ardenthebibliophile]

@@AnneofAllTrades i appreciate the response but the company has a vested interest in it "being OK". Without clear evidence that the aerosolized particles do not affect your lungs I wouldn't take that as much proof. In fact you have direct physical evidence (it being difficult to breathe) of the opposite. Non toxic it may be, but your lungs are not your stomach.

[@WoodInn]

Nice idea. Side note: non-toxic does not mean its ok to atomize it and put it in your lungs.

[@AnneofAllTrades]

If you look closely, you'll see we donned masks soon after starting, then decided to move the whole process outside, because even though it's non-toxic, it's always better to be safe than sorry ;)

[@terrijuanette486]

Should be titled "what happens to production when a woman enters a mans' shop"

[@AnneofAllTrades]

😂😂😂