Chalk Paint Over Marble Fireplace

It will make the poly chip and peel.

Chalk paint over marble fireplace. As marble tends to be shiny annie recommends starting with a thin coat of chalk paint. Get step by step instructions and tips to paint a marble fireplace surround using chalk paint including which brand holds up to the heat. Like most water based paints chalk paint takes weeks to cure. Allow six weeks or longer.

The first coat is applied quite thinly with brush strokes in every direction. Mary did a great job. I would suggest using a water based poly on chalk paint if it is going to be near heat. Paint the marble with your chosen chalk paint colour using a chalk paint brush.

This budget friendly 25 fireplace update can be done in less than a weekend. Leave to dry for a couple of hours. In hot weather wax gets sticky and tacky. 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.

She used french linen chalk paint on the floor tiles and then ran a wash of pure white and water 1 part each over the dried french linen and immediately wiped off the excess. Here annie has chosen paris grey. Kristin young totally transformed her fireplace surround using old white chalk paint by annie sloan. Poly will work fine on chalk paint but never put poly over chalk paint that has already been waxed.

When my family purchased our home in 2005 there weren t a lot of options for customizing our gas fireplace. So we went neutral. Apply the second coat of chalk paint again relatively thinly. I used the same wash on the brick fireplace.