Apply a soft wax over the painted marble if you wish.
Chalk paint over marble fireplace.
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.
Poly will work fine on chalk paint but never put poly over chalk paint that has already been waxed.
So we went neutral.
Leave to dry for a couple of hours.
Paint the marble with your chosen chalk paint colour using a chalk paint brush.
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.
This budget friendly 25 fireplace update can be done in less than a weekend.
In hot weather wax gets sticky and tacky.
Mary did a great job.
I used the same wash on the brick fireplace.
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.
Apply the second coat of chalk paint again relatively thinly.
Like most water based paints chalk paint takes weeks to cure.
When my family purchased our home in 2005 there weren t a lot of options for customizing our gas fireplace.
It will make the poly chip and peel.
The first coat is applied quite thinly with brush strokes in every direction.