Specialist paints marble effects offer you an exciting paint finish.
Green marble paint effect.
Marble looks great in any room so use this painting technique to compliment your kitchen act as an accent in your family room or to spruce up your bedroom.
After the black paint dries put swirls of gray and green paint on a plate.
Marble is applied as a base coat that can be simply cleared over or try our candy effect paint.
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Dip a detail brush in diluted white or very light green paint and add fine lines to simulate veins.
Choose your colors based on the type of marble you wish to recreate.
When the paint is dry add marble veining.
You can vary the look of the marble by how tight the swirls are.
How to paint a marble effect faux finish.
Specialist paints marble effects offer you an exciting paint finish.
In this video i show you guys the techniques i used for painting faux green marble on the pillars for my massive darkness by cmon games.
Marble is applied as a base coat that can be simply cleared over or try our candy effect paint.
If your sponge is new and hard dampen it with water to soften it.
Step 1 smooth the surface to ensure that the paint job looks as real and natural as possible you need to make sure that the surface is as smooth as possible.
In the attached picture i used a fairly tight swirl but a much looser swirl will also give a good effect.
If desired sponge on lighter shades of green to soften the tabletop and add more depth to the surface.
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With marble you can achieve the appearance of a deep marble snake skin and plus many other effects.
It can be applied on many different materials such as paper cardboard primed canvas wood glass metal ceramics porcelain stone acrylic and other paintable materials.
Create the look of marble at a fraction of the cost with a faux finishing technique.
Remember to paint the veins over the edge of the tabletop as well.
This budget friendly 25 fireplace update can be done in less than a weekend.