Chalk Paint Over Marble Fireplace

It will make the poly chip and peel.

Chalk paint over marble fireplace.

I would assume the same thing might happen on a fireplace surround or mantle. Allow six weeks or longer. 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. The first coat is applied quite thinly with brush strokes in every direction.

Kristin young totally transformed her fireplace surround using old white chalk paint by annie sloan. 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. When my family purchased our home in 2005 there weren t a lot of options for customizing our gas fireplace. As marble tends to be shiny annie recommends starting with a thin coat of chalk paint.

Annie shows you how to paint a marble surface using chalk paint. Apply the second coat of chalk paint again relatively thinly. In hot weather wax gets sticky and tacky. This budget friendly 25 fireplace update can be done in less than a weekend.

Here annie has chosen paris grey. Leave to dry for a couple of hours. Poly will work fine on chalk paint but never put poly over chalk paint that has already been waxed. Mary did a great job.

Get step by step instructions and tips to paint a marble fireplace surround using chalk paint including which brand holds up to the heat. I would suggest using a water based poly on chalk paint if it is going to be near heat. I used the same wash on the brick fireplace. Like most water based paints chalk paint takes weeks to cure.