Paint Granite Fireplace

A fireplace anchors any room it s in even if it doesn t actually work.

Paint granite fireplace. It already looked better to me though. I allowed the primer to dry overnight to maximize the adhesive properties of the primer. Primer always looks ugly. And whether you want to disguise it and make it less visually obvious or enhance its architectural allure paint is the best.

Give it a new look with this brilliant painting technique. One of the videos i watched was for a product called giani s countertop paint and it gave me a good idea of how to start the process being that i am impatient and didn t want to wait for it to ship to me and they don t carry that product at my local home depot or lowe s i. The first step in prepping for this job is to prepare the surface well by cleaning it with a degreaser. Yes you can but you will need to prepare for your painting project ahead of time.

The white or cream is too stark for the dark granite and the accent paint. You can paint granite countertops backsplashes fireplace surrounds coffee bars and more with the proper primer paint and sealer to spruce up any room in your house including bathrooms and kitchens. The smooth slick surface may appear hard cold and too 1980s contemporary for your taste. Can you paint granite.

In this case the countertop felt rough and had paint drippings on the surface. Painted fireplaces can easily be repainted using a paint and primer in one but wood and brick are porous and marble and granite are slick so it s best to use a primer on anything other than a. There are tons of tutorials out there to duplicate the effect of faux marble and i tried a few different ways. I think that is the real problem with this area.

So we went neutral. Granite is one example of a surround material that can grow tiresome over time. One way to change the look of your granite fireplace is to paint it. Try painting the mantle and surround to change your look.

Don t have the money to replace your outdated fireplace. When my family purchased our home in 2005 there weren t a lot of options for customizing our gas fireplace. The granite has dark brown and gold tones not liking it one bit with the white fireplace. This is the nerve wracking part of painting a perfectly nice granite fireplace surround.

This budget friendly 25 fireplace update can be done in less than a weekend. I was so glad to cover that shiny speckled granite.