How Do You Paint A Faux Marble Fireplace In Three Days?
When you can’t afford to pay for the real thing, If you are a do-it-yourselfer, painting a faux marble fireplace is a great project to achieve dramatic results in only a few days. Faux marble is not the easiest faux technique, but the result if done well, is worth the time and effort. Day 1: Using your paint roller (make sure you cut in first with your 4″ brush) paint your basecoat and let it dry overnight. Day 2: Mix each color with your glaze in three-to-one ratios, more glaze than paint. The glaze allows longer drying time and will thin out the paint. Remember that mixing with the glaze will lighten your paint colors by one step, so make sure you choose darker colors by one step when purchasing your paint. Using your 4″ paint brush, start from right to left, top to bottom, at an angle painting 6 inch lines diagonally down the area to be painted. Don’t make straight lines. If you are imitating green marble this will start to look like camouflage if it is done properly. Make sure you
