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One Step Paint | A Good Man is Hard to Find
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One Step Paint | A Good Man is Hard to Find
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A Good Man Is Hard to Find is our deepest shade of gray, and it's a beloved favorite among our customers.
About One Step Paint
One Step Paint is our premium, water-based chalk-style furniture paint that transforms furniture, fabric, and everything in between. No stripping, no sanding, no priming. It dries to a soft, chalky matte finish that's perfect for vintage, distressed, layered, and Old World looks. While decorative pieces don't require sealing, we recommend adding a wax or sealer on high-use items like dining tables, chairs, and cabinets to protect against everyday wear.
No stripping, sanding or priming.
Works on fabric & upholstery
Endless finish combinations
Low VOC, water-based
Seriously. This simple.
A beautiful transformation in 4 steps.
No sanding. No stripping. No priming.
Step 01
Clean
Wipe your piece with Clean Slate to remove wax, grease, and oils. That's your only prep.
Step 02
Paint
Apply with a brush or roller. One to two coats is all you need for full, beautiful coverage.
Step 03
Customize
Layer with wax, glaze, or Cracked Patina. Use it as a base for Milk Paint. Go as simple or as artistic as you like.
Step 04
Enjoy
Stand back. Take a photo. Enjoy the bragging rights.
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30–45 min
Dry to touch
2
Coats for full coverage
100+
Curated colors
Any
Surface
One Step Paint FAQ
One Step Paint is a chalk-style, calcium-carbonate paint designed to create antique beauty without stripping, sanding, priming, or sealing. Simply clean your surface, apply the paint, and let it dry. It delivers rich color and a flat matte finish that can be left as-is or layered with waxes, glazes, milk paint, or specialty finishes.
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Overall rating: 4.9 / 5 from 59 reviews.
Great color! I haven’t used yet.
Ballet white base, good man, and luxe gray. 3 coats of white to cover the brown tile then veining with the grays. I used a satin Polyurethane (general finishes) to protect the floor. I Will probably poly twice a year.
These are before and after photos from the previous post.
I watched the marbleizing video about a million times before I decided to give it a try. So glad I did. Amy makes it so easy and the products are amazing. I did my kitchen and bathroom Formica countertops. They came out beautiful!
The quality of the paint is excellent. Smells divine, the coverage is effortless and the color is perfect is "hard to find!".
I love this one step paint!! It smells yummy and super easy to work with. I used A Good Man is Hard to Find for the base and I used the miracle paint for the top of piece and another grey color for the stencil. The stenciled area is tile and the miracle paint covered it beautifully! I LOVE Amy Howard’s products!!
Used in veining
I used a good man is hard to find as my veining in the countertop. Following the tutorial video by Amy Howard on how to create a marble look.
I used a good man is hard to find as my veining in the countertop. Following the tutorial video by Amy Howard on how to create a marble look.
I loved this color in the photo and even the dot in the can. But when I painted my dresser it was very blue. Not at all what it looked like from the swatch so I did not use for this project. Also, I felt like you had to work super fast or the paint would get clumpy. I figured out the method but took a little trial and error. Still, I would use again in a different color.
A good man is hard to find, gave me exactly what I was looking for, on this door panel, I am converting into a wall sconce, I am currently gold leafing the inside of the shade, as well as painting the shade black on the outside, then I will attach the sconce, and the French cleat for hanging, I am happy with all the products I've used, and cannot wait to start another project, I love your milk paint,and all the special effects products I have used so far. Thank you Amanda Villarreal
I used this AGMIHTF with luxe gray and Ballet white samples to marbleize a 32” tulip table top that was very porous and in need of help. I’m more than pleased with the quality and fun I had doing this. I posted pic under my Luxe Gray review.
Not sure I love my paint job, however, loved mixing it with the black and Java one step.
Love this paint!! And this color!!
Love this paint! Upper cabinets is Linen; lower cabinet are Good Man….
Loved the color. Followed the tutorial, step by step and love the finished product!!!!
Just painted a second piece today. Putting it in my husband’s office to store his small humidors. Really like the color and it truly is amazing, the coverage. This was a very beat up piece and it is miraculous it looks so good. Just wondering if for his office I might want to use a dark wax to protect and make it a bit more masculine and aged?
Great color!
My first-time painting furniture and it turned out brilliant. Very happy with the quality and ease of this paint. I used light and dark wax applications after painting, and it gave it extra flair and character.
Beautiful finish
Even though I had to do 2 coats the coverage is amazing ! The color is perfect . Very durable .
On this antique desk, I painted it A Good Man is Hard to Find. After drying well, I put on two coats of black gel stain and wiped off a good amount each time. I love the combination and wish I could have posted two pictures. This picture is good, but I have a picture of the top and it’s beautiful!
Great paint! Easy to apply, and looks great.
I waited to write my review on the One Step Paint until I got the hang of it. I ended up spraying A Good Man Is Hard To Find in One Step Paint after watching the video indicating the proper dilution rate. I painted a Demi Lune piece, and I can honestly say this is the best paint I've ever used, and believe me when I say, I've used them all!! Thank you Amy for creating such a beautiful product that does exactly what it says it will do! Next I will use the wax on the same piece to finish it up. Also, thank you Amy and Gene for the informative videos and information. GREAT PRODUCT!!
Loved using all colors together I purchased...A good man is hard to find, Luxe grey, Italian silver. Great products to work with!
This was so easy to work with! Loved it! My table turned out exactly how I wanted it. Customer Service was very helpful!
I love this paint. This is the 3rd fireplace I've used it on and they've all turned out beautiful!
I love the paint & was so pleased with ty he color and the finished color ❤
This is such a pretty grayish black color and I really loved it. I mixed it with Bauhaus Buff to create a couple shades of gray to use as scumbles on my countertop painting project. I bought the turkey feather - but I chickened out on the veining! The video was excellent but I didn't trust myself to put it on my counter on my first project. In the end, it didn't need it - it was really pretty as is.
I have used “ Good Man is Hard to Find” with this table and Cracked Patina. This color is amazing and the paint is fabulous!
I bought this color that year, paint my kitchen cabinets and LOVED how they turned out. After a year I needed to do some minor touch up on a few minor chips. I bought and can at our local Ace Hardware store.... it did NOT match. I was thinking it was Ace Hardware fault so I purchased a can from your web site, and this can does not match either. I’m sad and very frustrated..... I need some help please.
I love the ease of using Amy Howard. The color choices are absolutely great. This is my 2nd project with Amy Howard. I am now looking for more items. 😁
What a beautiful color. This line of paint adheres to furniture so well….I love it! I am leaving the other paint companies for Amy Howard’s products because they are easy to use, perform beautifully and are nicely pigmented.
Great color! Love it on my bathroom vanity.
A Good Man Is Hard To Find is a dark gray. It's rich and dense. I love it! The photo shows it as the background in this Prayer Board. The stencil is available from A Maker's Studio. You can purchase a kit to make the prayer board or just the stencil. I had a local carpenter make this frame for me. He copied the one I purchased from A Maker's Studio in the kit. If you make the Prayer Board, or for any project, I highly recommend this paint, and this color.
My wife and I painted the table, it was our first project and it was so easy . There was no bad smell from the paint and it went on really good and dried very fast! Thank you !!
Love the richness of this color. My husband built this couch table and we painted it "Good Man is Hard to Fine". Plays off the color of the couch beautifully.
I haven't used it yet, but I know the quality of Amy Howard Products. Great things!
“A good man is hard to find” is a beautiful Gray! I used it on my lower cabinets (top is Barnboard). This is my second order of AGMHF! A wonderful go to with its rich color and amazing coverage!!