This is a super important step since cultured marble is a slick surface making it difficult for paint to adhere.
Can you paint over marble table.
The coffee table with the lov.
They all have marble tops and fruitwood colored wood.
Be sure to keep lots of damp paper towels handy to help wipe away excess.
My walls are sage green same color as the carpet that you see.
As you can see the marble was polished to a high gloss.
With chalk paint you can cover marble in one or two coats with little to no sanding beforehand.
Continue to run your finger over the line until you get it just as you want.
Using an inspiration image of carrara marble as a guide i roughly drew out the veining lines with a medium paintbrush then immediately sponged over them with the dry side of my sponge blurring the veins see below.
I then sponged completely over the entire table with white paint.
And you can take it up another notch by adding a decorative faux marble finish.
Sectional is deep burgundy.
They are outdated and need updating.
I painted and applied a transfer to the marble then sealed it.
The following steps will show you how to paint a faux carrara marble table.
One of the videos i watched was for a product called giani s countertop paint and it gave me a good idea of how to start the process being that i am impatient and didn t want to wait for it to ship to me and they don t carry that product at my local home depot or lowe s i.
They re actually closer to fiberglass or resin which means that if the surface is discolored scratched or you re just sick of it you can paint over it in good conscience.
Can i paint the marble glass would not work.
While this project looks difficult it s actually quite basic you just need some paint a handful of tools and a smidgen of patience.
Now for the fun stuff.
It was really simple to rough up the surface with 100 grit sand paper.
There are tons of tutorials out there to duplicate the effect of faux marble and i tried a few different ways.
In our case we painted over gross red porcelain tile.
Cultured marble countertops do contain marble dust but they re not natural stone.
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.
I don t like chalk paint and making them look older by antiquing them i want a modern look.
We did sand the tile first and use a cleaner before painting.