I have just started painting furniture, so I don't have a lot of experience. I wanted to paint a couple of small tables. The first was already painted black, and I wanted to paint it white and distress it with the black showing through. The second was also black, but I didn't plan to distress it. I decided to use KLZ primer on the table I didn't plan to distress, and no primer on the other one. Here's what I found:Coverage: It takes many many coats to get good coverage without primer. Like, up to 5 or 6 coats. Even with primer, it took a lot of coats (3 or 4), because even the primer color showed through.Brush strokes: No brush strokes when painted in thin layers with a foam brush. I put a lot of paint on first, and then used a dry foam brush to overpaint/overbrush to minimuze the brush strokes. When it dried there were NO strokes visible.Finish: Very matte, in my opinion. Some people say it is more eggshell, but I didn't get that at all. Perhaps I'm just inexperienced, though.Dry time: Pretty fast. I waited less than 24 hours between some coats and it felt dry long before then.Final product: Looks fantastic distressed. After many coats, it has a really rich color with no visible brush strokes, and a little light sanding brought out the black underneath along the edges, and it's exactly how I wanted it. The table without primer looks better, in my opinion. The white on the no-primer table looks a little cooler and more beachy than the primed table, which came out slightly warmer or with more yellow tones, probably due to the primer showing a through a little still. I prefer this paint without primer, on the distressed table. It's perfect for that.Other comments: No odor! I'm really sensitive to fumes and strong odors, and this had almost none. It also cleaned up pretty easily.I would definitely recommend this paint for an antique or distressed look. It's downside is the number of coats required. If I had it to do over again, I'd use this for the no-primer, distressed table, and use latex on the other table. I thought about only giving it 4 stars for the number of coats required, but that's the deal with milk paint and chalk paint anyway. Plus, at least you don't have to mix this one yourself. As long as you want to use it for appropriate projects, it's great.