Chalk Paint Over Marble Fireplace

Here annie has chosen paris grey.

Chalk paint over marble fireplace.

I would suggest using a water based poly on chalk paint if it is going to be near heat. In hot weather wax gets sticky and tacky. Like most water based paints chalk paint takes weeks to cure. Get step by step instructions and tips to paint a marble fireplace surround using chalk paint including which brand holds up to the heat.

Leave to dry for a couple of hours. Paint the marble with your chosen chalk paint colour using a chalk paint brush. I would assume the same thing might happen on a fireplace surround or mantle. Poly will work fine on chalk paint but never put poly over chalk paint that has already been waxed.

Apply the second coat of chalk paint again relatively thinly. Allow six weeks or longer. Mary did a great job. As marble tends to be shiny annie recommends starting with a thin coat of chalk paint.

The first coat is applied quite thinly with brush strokes in every direction. Apply a soft wax over the painted marble if you wish. So we went neutral. Kristin young totally transformed her fireplace surround using old white chalk paint by annie sloan.

This budget friendly 25 fireplace update can be done in less than a weekend. When my family purchased our home in 2005 there weren t a lot of options for customizing our gas 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. 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.