Painting Marble Window Sills

Ideally you can apply it to an inconspicuous place on the marble itself.

Painting marble window sills. Woodie s show you how to paint a masonry window sill. Make sure that there aren t any glossy spots left in the marble the paint won t stick to it. Using this method to paint marble isn t limited to just window sills. A little scraping sanding and painting and the windowsills will look like new again.

The paint has held up fabulously really really nice. It s such a quick and easy thing to do but it makes such a difference. But i have been wanting to do something about the cultured marble that surrounds the tub. My dilemma was this i don t like the color of it at all.

It looks so dated to me and the beige marble effect was really bringing the whole space down. Here are the before and after side by side shots for you. This is the window sill about half way through painting. This small problem gives a home an old and unkempt appearance.

Oct 31 2013 throughout my house i have marble window sills as beautiful as natural stone is it just doesn t work for me. I decided i was going to paint them but my husband was full of protest. Mar 4 2017 explore carmela aughtman s board window sill ideas with marble on pinterest. Prep work using a 36 grit sandpaper gently remove the glossy finish.

I m currently working on my teenage sons xbox inspired room and when the painting was done the window sills stuck out like a sore thumb. For best results use low tack painter s tape as it is designed not to pull paint off the wall. See more ideas about window sill windows marble window sill. We hadn t realized how much the original black paint had faded until we started to repaint the window sills.

If you have a marble table top or counters this will work great for that too. I m painting the all of them in my new house. Conduct a trial run with chalk paint before you apply it to the marble. If this option isn t practical apply some chalk paint on a poster board so you can get accustomed to its texture.

By claudia henning painted windowsills both inside the home and out begin to crack and peel after years of wear and tear and exposure to moisture.