Chalk Paint Over Granite

Paint the marble with your chosen chalk paint colour using a chalk paint brush.

Chalk paint over granite.

One of the benefits is that it doesn t require any prep work it can paint right over most clean dry surfaces expect for metal or shiny laminate even if they re already painted. Here annie has chosen paris grey. Chalk paint is amazing. The first coat is applied quite thinly with brush strokes in every direction.

Let s talk chalk paint. Allow six weeks or longer. Don t confuse chalk paint with chalkboard paint which creates a surface that mimics a chalkboard and allows you to write on it with chalk and remove your jottings with an eraser. Plus it dries fast faster so you re done with the total task quickly.

I wasn t apposed to going that route but what i really wanted to do is paint them with annie sloan chalk paint. After painting my cabinets i started thinking about painting my counter tops of course the buzz is all about the faux granite kits. We used to wholesale for bb frosch which is a chalk paint powder. Granite is often used for exterior signs and monuments.

Annie shows you how to paint a marble surface using chalk paint. Apply a soft wax over the painted marble if you wish. The first thing i did in this space was paint the cabinets black using amy howard chalk paint in black and replaced the dated hardware. Annie sloan created the concoction making it thicker which requires less layers so you can paint faster.

To make the lettering show up the recessed. How to paint granite lettering. Can you paint over granite counters. For this reason diyers love using chalk paint on vintage pieces that have cracks or lots of details since the paint goes on smoothly even over layers of paint.

All of the counters i m talking about are all in the great room area. Like most water based paints chalk paint takes weeks to cure. As marble tends to be shiny annie recommends starting with a thin coat of chalk paint. The lettering of the sign or message is carved into the granite.