Long White Painting Marble

This week we re testing the giani marble countertop paint kit which creates the look of white limestone cut by thin sinewy veins and plumes of grey quartz found in carrara marble.

Long white painting marble. With chalk paint you can cover marble in one or two coats with little to no sanding beforehand. Painting tile floors seems like a common sense fix to an ugly tile problem. This is a video greeting to our friend in nepal. Paint the item a light color then let it dry for up to 16 hours.

Step 1 smooth the surface. Paint the item using long even strokes in the same direction. After all you can paint an ugly wall or an outdated door why not paint some floor tiles. When you re satisfied allow the paint to dry for several hours.

How to draw marble. It took me 4 coats to completely cover the preexisting marble. When replacing floor tiles is so costly time consuming and messy a coat of paint seems like the obvious budget friendly alternative but this seemingly obvious diy solution isn t the fix all you d hope for. Repeat this step at least two times and add in some white veins to create highlighted areas.

As marble tends to be shiny annie recommends starting with a thin coat of chalk paint. To ensure that the paint job looks as real and natural as possible you need to make sure that the surface is as smooth as possible. The type of paint you need depends on the object you are painting. There is no doubt that painting over marble can be challenging but only if you do it the old fashioned way with hours of preliminary sanding.

Blend out fine veins use a dry blending brush to smooth out the fine veins. Annie shows you how to paint a marble surface using chalk paint. Check out the result. Marble looks great in any room so use this painting technique to compliment your kitchen act as an accent in your family room or to spruce up your bedroom.

While you need to let each coat dry for about an hour before applying the next if you wait too long i think over 2 3 hours instructions will specify you will have to wait until it has completely cured about 4 days to apply another coat. Use a large paintbrush or roller to add a base coat in a light color like white cream or silver. Well one homeowner just did an incredible and inexpensive diy job of.