Chalk Paint Over Marble Fireplace

So we went neutral.

Chalk paint over marble fireplace. 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. I used the same wash on the brick fireplace. In hot weather wax gets sticky and tacky. Kristin young totally transformed her fireplace surround using old white chalk paint by annie sloan.

Here annie has chosen paris grey. Get step by step instructions and tips to paint a marble fireplace surround using chalk paint including which brand holds up to the heat. Apply the second coat of chalk paint again relatively thinly. Leave to dry for a couple of hours.

Apply a soft wax over the painted marble if you wish. Paint the marble with your chosen chalk paint colour using a chalk paint brush. Allow six weeks or longer. This budget friendly 25 fireplace update can be done in less than a weekend.

The first coat is applied quite thinly with brush strokes in every direction. It will make the poly chip and peel. Mary did a great job. 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.

I would assume the same thing might happen on a fireplace surround or mantle. When my family purchased our home in 2005 there weren t a lot of options for customizing our gas fireplace.