Paint the marble with your chosen chalk paint colour using a chalk paint brush.
Chalk paint on marble countertops.
Painting kitchen countertops to look like marble is all about layering.
Annie shows you how to paint a marble surface using chalk paint.
As marble tends to be shiny annie recommends starting with a thin coat of chalk paint.
You just want to remove any brushstrokes or in my case dust and dirt that dried into your paint.
Apply a thin coat of chalk paint to the marble keeping a wet edge.
I know what you re going to ask would i look at chalk painted.
Layering the paint helps to.
If you have a slab or tile of real marble you can see that some of the veins look deeper that others all are under the surface.
Here annie has chosen paris grey.
You see my bathroom countertops were a lovely 1980 s beige almond color.
Use oil based applications which dry harder than water based.
Will you be writing on the chalk counters when done or did you choose that paint for the thickness coverage some other factor.
Chalk paint s longer than usual drying time will give you time to decide whether to apply a second coat.
One trick is to use floor grade paint and polyurethane which are made to stand up to foot traffic and so are tougher.
Step 1 remove any fixtures that are attached to the cultured marble including handles soap dishes or faucets.
The first coat is applied quite thinly with brush strokes in every direction.
I chalk painted my bathroom countertops.
After painting my cabinets i started thinking about painting my counter tops of course the buzz is all about the faux granite kits.
Leave to dry for a couple of hours.
Lightly sand the dry countertop and wipe clean.
I m thinking about painting my laminate kitchen countertops and chalk paint is much more appealing to me than the faux granite stuff i ve seen.
Let the paint dry for about 48 hours longer if it is cold or if there is a lot of humidity in the air.
How to paint cultured marble countertops november 9 2015 let me tell ya ll about the time i painted the cultured marble countertops in my bathroom.