Chalk Paint Over Marble Fireplace

I would suggest using a water based poly on chalk paint if it is going to be near heat.

Chalk paint over marble fireplace.

It will make the poly chip and peel. Apply the second coat of chalk paint again relatively thinly. Apply a soft wax over the painted marble if you wish. Here annie has chosen paris grey.

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. Leave to dry for a couple of hours. Like most water based paints chalk paint takes weeks to cure. So we went neutral.

This budget friendly 25 fireplace update can be done in less than a weekend. I would assume the same thing might happen on a fireplace surround or mantle. In hot weather wax gets sticky and tacky. Poly will work fine on chalk paint but never put poly over chalk paint that has already been waxed.

Kristin young totally transformed her fireplace surround using old white chalk paint by annie sloan. Paint the marble with your chosen chalk paint colour using a chalk paint brush. 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.

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. Allow six weeks or longer.