How to Make a Wall Look Marble With a Double Paint Roller
Having marble fixtures in your home is truly a gift. A marble section of a wall or a marble column or pillar can give your home an instant look of elegance and a strong regal quality. However, if you are a homeowners who has not been blessed with such architectural details, you can actually re-create them in your house without spending a lot on actual marble. Create the base coat for a faux marble effect on a wall by using paint. Creating faux marble with paint is an advanced technique. Does this Spark an idea?
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Things You'll Need
- 1/4 cup trisodium phosphate
- Bucket
- Sponge
- Dual roller pan
- 2 oil-based paint colors
- Dual rollers with textured foam
- Newspapers
- Fine-tipped artist's brush
- Satin white, cream or gray paint
- Badger brush
- Full size paint roller
- Clear polyurethane
Instructions
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Combine 1/4 cup trisodium phosphate in a bucket with 1 gallon water. Dip a sponge in the bucket and wring it out. Wipe down the walls. Allow them to air dry.
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Lay a drop cloth over the floor and furniture. Tape off moldings, window sills and baseboards with painter's tape.
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Select two colors of oil-based paint for your marble effect. Colors which are similar look best, such as cream and beige, pink and beige, or dark green and light green. This allows you to create a subtle marble effect.
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Pour your two colors into their respective areas of the dual paint roller pan. Dip your paint rollers with the textured foam into the two colors. Wipe off the excess paint on some newspapers.
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Apply the paint to the wall working in a diagonal pattern, allowing the two colors to overlap and blend, as the colors of marble blend into each other. Continue in this manner until you cover the whole wall, re-dipping your double roller as necessary. Before you re-dip, wipe off your rollers on a piece of newspaper. Remove the painter's tape after the wall dries.
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Dip a fine-tipped artist's brush in satin paint in white or gray. Wipe off the excess on a piece of newspaper. Use a picture of a marble wall you'd like to imitate. Marble veins are never perfect, so don't worry if your lines aren't straight or look bent and wobbly. Marble veins must look random and in no particular pattern.
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Run a dry badger brush over each vein you draw to soften it. This will help blend the veins you've drawn to help them look more natural. Allow the paint to dry overnight.
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Dip a paint roller in a clear coat of polyurethane to protect the wall and give it a glossy finish.
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Tips & Warnings
Crumple up a plastic bag and a press it against the wet paint on the wall to create a more mottled marble effect.
References
- Photo Credit Creatas Images/Creatas/Getty Images
