Cracked Gesso recreates the texture and charm that history lends to wooden furniture and the decorative accents that make a house a home Use with Toscana Milk Paint to achieve a lovely cracked finish that once took layers of paint and years and years to develop Cracked Gesso is applied to wood furniture in several layers to create a smooth surface for applying paint and gilded finishes It creates a beautiful surface and gives you a beautiful authentic crack Smooth, extremely flexible and highly pigmented for superior coverage in one coat