Chalk Paint Over Granite

Allow six weeks or longer.

Chalk paint over granite.

Apply the second coat of chalk paint again relatively thinly. Annie shows you how to paint a marble surface using 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. The first coat is applied quite thinly with brush strokes in every direction.

All of the counters i m talking about are all in the great room area. Here annie has chosen paris grey. Let s talk chalk paint. To make the lettering show up the recessed.

Granite is often used for exterior signs and monuments. As marble tends to be shiny annie recommends starting with a thin coat of chalk paint. Plus it dries fast faster so you re done with the total task quickly. 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.

Can you paint over granite counters. I wasn t apposed to going that route but what i really wanted to do is paint them with annie sloan chalk paint. How to paint granite lettering. Paint the marble with your chosen chalk paint colour using a chalk paint brush.

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. 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. We used to wholesale for bb frosch which is a chalk paint powder. 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.

Annie sloan created the concoction making it thicker which requires less layers so you can paint faster. Leave to dry for a couple of hours. Apply a soft wax over the painted marble if you wish. Chalk paint is amazing.