Chalk Paint Over Marble Fireplace

Allow six weeks or longer.

Chalk paint over marble fireplace. I used the same wash on the brick fireplace. It will make the poly chip and peel. So we went neutral. Like most water based paints chalk paint takes weeks to cure.

Mary did a great job. When my family purchased our home in 2005 there weren t a lot of options for customizing our gas fireplace. Leave to dry for a couple of hours. In hot weather wax gets sticky and tacky.

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. 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.

The first coat is applied quite thinly with brush strokes in every direction. 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. Get step by step instructions and tips to paint a marble fireplace surround using chalk paint including which brand holds up to the heat. Kristin young totally transformed her fireplace surround using old white chalk paint by annie sloan.

Here annie has chosen paris grey. Apply a soft wax over the painted marble if you wish.