Have you tried hemp oil, yet? Hemp oilis one of my favorite products. It is all natural and perfect for sealing chalk or milk paint and it can also restore wood.
Finding good junk isn't easy. You need to constantly be on the lookout to find the good stuff. I have been looking for "good junk" every since I was a kid.
One of the saddest things that I see at the thrift store are vintage pictures and painting on some lonely bottom shelf stacked rudely on top of one another.
I love everything old, rusty, chippy, and even dirty. I love the history of each piece. I love stuff just pulled from a barn after tons of years have passed.