Heirloom Traditions ALL-IN-ONE Paint, Iron Gate (black), Quart - Durable cabinet and furniture paint. Built in primer and top coat, no sanding needed. Includes our 30 featured color card.

Yup, I’m hooked. I am the worst painter and with a sponge brush, there were no lines. My husband is a builder and hates when I paint because he feels it is a reflection on him when people come in the house. BUT if I waited for him to paint, forget it. So I paint sometimes. I’ve gotten better but still not up to his standards. Also, he has been opposed to all this chalk paint DIY that’s been the new rage, he was so opposed to anything that would chip off or need yearly waxing. He’s just all about his Ben Moore. Anyway, I had an awful vanity that needs to be replaced. It’s the type that is surfaced in that wood look shiny paper. We aren’t replacing until next year and I hate looking at the eyesore when the rest of the bathroom is so nice and done. I said, screw it, I can’t make it worse, so I informed him I was going to try chalk paint. His response was fine, at least we can wash it off before it cures when you realize how bad it will look. So I set out, fully prepared that he would be disappointed, lol but what the heck, try new things. First off, my vanity was NOT the ideal surface for painting and even less ideal probably for chalk paint. Completely non porous. I degreased as recommended. So it took me at least 4 coats to cover because of the surface material (slick, paint doesn’t absorb). For reference, I painted a small wood item, too - a tissue box - and it looked great from coat one and the second coat was perfection. So it’s all about the surface when it comes to coats. Anyway, when I was done, my husband came in and said - wow - that’s the best paint job you’ve ever done. LoL. Funny, because I literally was SO messy doing this. It was Friday, working from my home office on quarantine, and there was a bottle of wine involved (it was a stressful work from home day full of COVID related complications at work, we are in an epi-center and that day really sucked for someone to working in HR in an essential industry). I was basically hitting it every 2 hours (the wine and the painting), breaking all the rules of painting, just to get away from my desk. But it was my best work ever, according to him, haha. And it really DOES look good - it almost looks sprayed on. I cannot take the credit for that, at all - this was not skill, this was entirely product!! So smooth. And the color is GREAT! Highly pigmented, Abbey is a perfect dark greige (is it brown, is it charcoal - who knows?! It works great with our weather barnwood and transitional/loft style master bath decor). Very easy clean up, too - again, I was drinking wine and by coat 3, I was really not caring about coloring inside the lines. Cleaned right up from the white tile and white painted walls, no staining. I mean, I don’t recommend being as careless as I was, I’m just saying that a wayward drop of paint didn’t destroy what it landed on, and I didn’t have to prep for protection anywhere near what I do with latex. And it dries super fast (yet didn’t dry out in the paint tin I was using for application). The only downside - and it’s probably mostly to do with the surface material, 100% - easy to chip in spots. Again, considering the surface material will not grip it like a wood, that’s not the paints fault. What I did was to hit it that weekend with 3 coats of General Finishes flat top coat (that’s the good stuff and highly recommended by woodworkers as a top coat and reviewed as best overall top coat for chalk paint - speciality item, won’t find it at Home Depot). I spent the extra $ on it because I was so happy with my cheap little chalk paint job that I wanted to give it respect! Haha, true though - I want to keep it looking as good as it does. So while you are supposed to not need a wax or a top coat, I did use one - but you may not need one on a better surface. I am using the rest of my paint to do a porous wood hamper - I may not need a top coat with the wax built into this product and a surface that will accept paint. Anyway back to my builder husband. Mind you, when I say builder, he builds million dollar homes and multi-million dollar remodels in the Boston area. Best quality of everything for these people, we’re talking $1000 shower heads. Ya, I know, you’d think I wouldn’t be refinishing a crappy $200 vanity in my own home, but that’s how it goes with someone who doesn’t want to work when they get home from work and I have to force to be house-proud. He can build amazing things but he could care less about whether his home decor is outdated from 30 years ago. Anyway, he has decided that he is going to chalk paint our sleigh bed and bureaus now. He’s going to do it because even though my work was “great”, imagine how great it will be if he does it (he’s not wrong, just a little full of himself lol). I wanted to buy a new set and I still do, but at least now our old one will match the master remodel we are finishing up until I can get one. It won’t be an eyesore to me every time I walk in the finished room and think about how I have to wait to replace it. We’re going to try antiquing this time for a weather look. I’m sure it will be lovely. Anyway, if you’re thinking about diving into chalk paint, I recommend this brand very much. I’m not sure I would have had the same experience with other brands that seem to have a lot more of a learning curve and a lot more steps involved. Plus Heritage has a ton of examples on their website to give you inspiration. I may even try their gel stain next (just wish they still offered it in Carbon, what’s up with only the one color, Heritage?). I may even join their monthly club for the new colors. Lots of fun, I’m seeing a lot of projects with this product!!

ABSOLUTELY AMAZING CHALK PAINT!!!! I had ordered a very well known brand because I was on a time crunch and theirs was the only one that would come on time. And that brand did not work at all! The very next day the paint peeled completely off and I've used chalk paint before! So, I prepped my piece again and ordered this paint. I don't even know what to say....this paint is absolutely BEAUTIFUL!!! It went on smooth and I only did two light coats and got complete coverage!!! I highly recommend this brand and I will be only purchasing this brand from now on. I'm a customer for life!!

Quality paint. Easy to use. Smooth application. Dries quickly and evenly. Definitely recommend this product.

I purchased this paint after watching a recommendation on YT. I repainted a dresser and storage TV stand with multiple coats with one quart and still had paint left over. The paint covers well and I only lightly sanded the prior finishes for better application. Several weeks later and the finish looks great with no chips or imperfections. Will purchase again.

The color effects the quality IMMENSELY. I have used both Capri and Cashmere. Capri is absolutely fabulous, great color, great coverage, great pigment. Cashmere has more of a glaze effect, terrible coverage, multiple coats needed even when covering white. Capri is a super smooth finish that looks like a powder coat. Cashmere is more of a super thin chalky finish that never really covers fully. Both paints are super durable, Capri being more hardy than the Cashmere. I did cabinets in a bathroom and kitche with both and also an interior door with Cashmere. I'm 3 coats in on the door and it's still blotchy and thin looking. I recommend the deep colors, cannot recommend Cashmere

We went with Simply Sage. It’s such a high quality paint and SO beautiful! All we had to do was clean our cabinets and the paint went on perfectly. We only needed 1 gallon for our entire kitchen! There are definitely some important things to know (that are probably listed, but we had to look up ourselves)— the first 1-3 days are SUPER important to leave the item painted alone. Seriously— don’t touch it. Small water droplets or oily fingers will strip the paint. The paint doesn’t totally cure until the 30th day, so you have to be really careful with it.

Easy to work with and beautiful color

(Color truffle) Love this, great quality, cured/hardened within a few hours (doesn’t chip or scratch off easily), paint consistency was correct, and cleaned up well (washed out of the shirt I wore). Ease of use: this was really easy to use! BUT after reading reviews I decided to do some prep work to prevent having to apply multiple coats of paint. I used liquid sandpaper all over and then did a very quick, light sand with 220 grit paper. As I was painting I found an area on my cabinet that I missed during sanding (did apply liquid sandpaper though) and the paint did not want to stick to it as well as it was on the rest of the cabinet that was sanded. I stopped, wiped the paint off that area, allowed the area around it to dry for about 30 mins and then came back to it to sand and continue painting. I used the smallest size paint they offered on a 5ft tall cabinet. Because I prepped it with liquid sandpaper and sanding I was able to cover the whole thing in one coat. Without sanding I probably would have had to do 3 coats of paint. The truffle color is less brown than expected, more of a grayish black