Use this faux marble paint treatment to create realistic looking marble walls in your home on a budget. This faux marble wall paint technique would look awesome in a front hall for an expensive looking entryway.
Marble Walls are an expensive luxury that most of us just cannot afford. If you have existing Wall though, you can easily paint your own faux marble Wall that will fool everyone who sees them.
With a little paint and some elbow grease you can easily paint your own faux marble paint technique on your Walls.
This project will cost you about $150. You should be able to complete your faux marble Walls in one weekend, but a lot some extra days to apply coats of polyurethane to protect your hard work.
To Faux Paint Your Marble Walls You Will Need:
Paint tray
3 china bristle brushes
artists paint brushes
latex paint, eggshell sheen: (base coat: Antique White); three or four marble-like colors (Tatimi Tan, Jute Brown, Coyote Trail 1224, Leather bound) – These paint colors are form Sherwin Williams
sea sponge
water bottle
latex primer (Kilz)
Latex glaze
cheesecloth
plastic containers
fine sandpaper
paper towels, rags or old t-shirts
semi-gloss acrylic varnish
foam roller and handle
Start by priming the entire Wall by rolling on a coat of high quality latex base primer. Use a smooth paint roller. This latex base primer will be smelly, so open your windows if at all possible.
Once this primer has dried look around to see if your Walls needs a light sanding. If the surface is smooth, you can move on to the next step. If you find rough areas or dirt, then sand and paint again.
Now, take three different small painter’s buckets and mix one part of each of the 3 marble-like colors with one part water and one part latex glaze. You want this to be a thick mixture, but not gooey.
Squirt the Tatimi Tan and Leather Bound mixtures onto a small area on the wall, and then use a clean dry rag to smudge the edges.
Next, add a vein for a realistic marble paint technique look by pulling the Camelback and Jute Brown mixtures into a natural flowing line with a dry brush or cheesecloth. The marble won’t look realistic if you see brush marks, so sweep your dry paintbrush in a sweeping motion across them. Turn you brush in a different direction and repeat.
To create three dimensional marble paint treatment you need to rewet the painted area. Take one of your sea sponges and lightly wet it. Squeeze out any water. Now, tap it on the painted area to rewet it. Use your clean dry brush again in a sweeping motion to blend any lines.
Now, keep repeating this process over your entire Wall. I like to tape my Walls off in blocks of tile like you might find in a real marble Walls. Try using vertical lines that run from ceiling to floor every four feet.
If any area of the faux marble paint treatment needs more veins, coil and pull an artist brush with Antique White paint across an area. If the vein is too wide, use a dry brush to carefully blend the paint, then try again.
Allow your faux marble paint to dry then coat it with some acrylic sealer or polyurethane.
