How to create veins on faux carrara marble using craft paint.
Carrara marble with brown veins.
Its homogeneous greyish white base is composed of fine shiny particles.
This type is a mid grained pearl white to light grey in color with a fairly regular network of more or less dark grey veins.
Statuary and then there s statuary marble whose name serves as a reminder that some of the world s greatest statues are carved from marble think michelangelo s david.
A yellow brownish stain has begun to appear on the marble bench slab.
Bianco carrara marble as its name suggests comes from the carrara quarries in the tosco emilian apennines.
This other greek marble white himalaya or volakas has similar characteristics to carrara.
Also called veined white carrara is the second most excavated marble in the apuan alps.
The veins are thick and dramatic and can range in color from gold to brown to beige to dark gray.
I have also painting my brown formica kitchen counters to look like carrara marble.
It will help you better visualize what the veins really look like.
It started out faint has gotten brighter and appears to be growing.
To help make veining easier buy a marble tile.
Iron deposits that are embedded in white marble tile especially carrara marble are typically the cause of this type of stain.
If these deposits are exposed to water they can rust and leach through to the surface causing the yellow brown stains.