Painting Cultured Marble Sink
Cultured marble countertops do contain marble dust but they re not natural stone.
Painting cultured marble sink. After years of swooning over real marble countertops i finally decided to make some compromises no botox no pedicures no shopping sprees basically becoming a nasty old hag all so that i could afford the countertops of my dreams if you want to read how i got my real countertops on a budget and the money saving hacks i implemented click here to read this post. Tape off everything that will not be painted with painters tape. A cultured marble substance is painted on the top of the sink and counter. We bought an 80 s house with ugly cultured marble counter tops that have the molded sink in the bathrooms they are scratched and stained and have ugly color combinations.
Prep the surface well before. The cultured marble is not the same texture and color all the way through the counter. Come learn from today s holiday guest kelli how she used tub and tile paint to give her 90 s integral cultured marble sinks a completely new modern look and then keep reading for more ideas for how to update an integral sink and how to use tile refinishing paint. Paint is an option when refinishing cultured marble.
How can we cover paint these we are on a tight budget with other home reno s going on. My late 80s tract home features lots and lots of cultured marble and oh did i mention that i strongly dislike cultured marble. I wasn t painting the tub but i thought i should clean all surfaces while i there. The challenge is getting paint to stick to the slick surface and stay there through.
You can wet stand the stain on that cultured marble sink sure but then you ll remove the finish and end up with a bare spot. And you ll have to cover that spot with high gloss finish and match the sheen to the rest of the sink. First thing to do was to clean it really good. The old beige color just wasn t working with updates she was making to her bathroom so she used a special paint product to give this cultured marble sink a fresh new creamy white color that looks like it belongs in her newly updated bathroom.
Today i m sharing a project with you that is a super easy and inexpensive way to update an 80 s home painting cultured marble. They re actually closer to fiberglass or resin which means that if the surface is discolored scratched or you re just sick of it you can paint over it in good conscience. That sounds like a perfect makeover. Yep the actual sink.