How To Make A Marble Table Top

If your table top is made of another material like granite or metal you can skip this step.

How to make a marble table top. When you re satisfied allow the paint to dry for several hours. Turn an old table into a marble master piece with just some simple steps some paint and sticky back vinyl. Here is the table taken out of my 1976 coachmen cadet camper that i am currently renovating. Use a hand or belt sander to sand down any rough edges or bulges in the wood.

Blend out fine veins. Sponging white back into the marble pattern is a secret weapon. Marble tops offer a sophisticated durable alternative to formica laminate and wood. Still polished marble is the more common choice for the kitchen countertops or table inlays the less porous option this finish won t stain as easily as honed marble might and does not demand.

First thing we did was obviously remove it from the camper and then wash it down with tsp. However a real marble table was out of the budget and i didn t want to get something that i would worry about the kids destroying. The older the table is the more likely this is to happen because the seal on the marble wears thin. Many antique pieces such as old wash basins have marble tops as do coffee.

These can serve as a foundation for easily creating a custom table top. How to make a marble top shiny. If the table top is made of wood you ll want to make sure that you have a smooth surface to place your mosaic tiles. This old 1976 yellow laminate table top was in a camper i am currently renovating.

Now for the fun stuff. How to draw marble. Marble tabletops are not as impermeable as they look. Natural stones and marble can be purchased in standard 12x12 cuts typically referred to as tiles.

I m a big believer in trying. Sand the table top. I then sponged completely over the entire table with white paint. Using an old coffee table some epoxy resin and some opaque pigment you can also make your own faux marble coffee table.

Repeat this step at least two times and add in some white veins to create highlighted areas. Use a dry blending brush to smooth out the fine veins. I painted a faux marble finish on top to give it an updated look. Using an inspiration image of carrara marble as a guide i roughly drew out the veining lines with a medium paintbrush then immediately sponged over them with the dry side of my sponge blurring the veins see below.

Here is the new finished look.