Can You Chalk Paint Over Marble

With chalk paint you can cover marble in one or two coats with little to no sanding beforehand.

Can you chalk paint over marble.

With chalk paint you can cover marble in one or two coats with little to no sanding beforehand. In painting you lose the natural stone touch but you can choose the color or even faux finish the look to create a marble look. Preparation is the key to painting a marble fireplace surround. So we went neutral.

Annie shows you how to paint a marble surface using chalk paint. I painted and applied a transfer to the marble then sealed it. When my family purchased our home in 2005 there weren t a lot of options for customizing our gas fireplace. Painting marble isn t something everyone will want to do but it s a brilliant way to update a piece if you don t like the colour.

Annie shows you how to paint a marble surface using chalk paint. One alternative to replacement is to paint over the marble. Paint the marble with your chosen chalk paint colour using a chalk paint brush. One disadvantage of choosing marble is that the natural stone is heavy and expensive to replace.

As marble tends to be shiny annie recommends starting with a thin coat of chalk paint. 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.