When my family purchased our home in 2005 there weren t a lot of options for customizing our gas fireplace.
Chalk paint on marble floor.
The first coat is applied quite thinly with brush strokes in every direction.
Then he painted the skylar s lace stencil in old white.
Apply a coat of oil based paint to the primed marble tile using the roller loaded with a fresh clean polyester roller cover.
She tore out the old carpet covered the hardwoods with a wash of chalk paint distressed the floors and then coated them with polyurethane.
Chalk paint is great because it s a shortcut paint with the added chalk it takes away the need to prep or kilz as it adheres well to any surface.
As marble tends to be shiny annie recommends starting with a thin coat of chalk paint.
Here annie has chosen paris grey.
Sealing is key to prevent chipping.
I feel like it ll peel over time but this is a great.
Apply a thin coat of chalk paint to the marble keeping a wet edge.
Let the paint dry for about 48 hours longer if it is cold or if there is a lot of humidity in the air.
Paint the marble with your chosen chalk paint colour using a chalk paint brush.
Many of the tutorials used chalk paint and a polyacrylic sealer while some used garage floor epoxy paint.
Did in her kids room.
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Leave to dry for a couple of hours.
Get step by step instructions and tips to paint a marble fireplace surround using chalk paint including which brand holds up to the heat.
Annie shows you how to paint a marble surface using chalk paint.
In addition instead of applying a standard acrylic latex floor paint you should coat the surface with a specific type of primer and paint to obtain a durable finish capable of standing up to a large amount of duress.
Because paint doesn t stick well to marble tile you must abrade the surface to promote adhesion.
Concrete sub floor after carpet was removed then he cleaned the floor and applied two coats of chalk paint decorative paint by annie sloan in duck egg blue.