Chalk Paint Over Marble Fireplace

Leave to dry for a couple of hours.

Chalk paint over marble fireplace.

Poly will work fine on chalk paint but never put poly over chalk paint that has already been waxed. It will make the poly chip and peel. The first coat is applied quite thinly with brush strokes in every direction. Like most water based paints chalk paint takes weeks to cure.

Paint the marble with your chosen chalk paint colour using a chalk paint brush. Apply a soft wax over the painted marble if you wish. I used the same wash on the brick fireplace. I would suggest using a water based poly on chalk paint if it is going to be near heat.

Annie shows you how to paint a marble surface using 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. Allow six weeks or longer. As marble tends to be shiny annie recommends starting with a thin coat of chalk paint.

Here annie has chosen paris grey. In hot weather wax gets sticky and tacky. I would assume the same thing might happen on a fireplace surround or mantle. Apply the second coat of chalk paint again relatively thinly.

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. This budget friendly 25 fireplace update can be done in less than a weekend. Kristin young totally transformed her fireplace surround using old white chalk paint by annie sloan. 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.