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Step By Step Faux Granite Countertops (WITH EDITS AND ADDITIONAL INFO)
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Shannon Tipton
(IC: homeowner)
7 Materials
I have seen so many pictures and posts where a homeowner paints a "faux" granite countertop. So of course I wanted to try it! Luckily we have a guest house on our property to try it on. I wasn't nervous about trying it, only because my husband and I were talking about adding granite in the guest house in the future anyways! So I gathered up paper plates, paper towels, sponges, tape, craft paints (I already had from Hobby Lobby), my Dr. Pepper and BIG hopes that I could conquer this challenge I'd given myself !!
READY *SET *GO !
(I HAVE EDITED THIS POST DUE TO THE QUESTIONS/COMMENTS I WAS GETTING AND WANTED TO GIVE AS MUCH DETAIL AS POSSIBLE FOR YOU TO BE HAPPY WITH YOUR PROJECT AS WELL AS I WAS WITH MINE)
PLEASE EXCUSE ANY TYPOS OR INCORRECT SPELLING!
(You do not need to be an English Major to pick up a paint brush, right?)
READY *SET *GO !
(I HAVE EDITED THIS POST DUE TO THE QUESTIONS/COMMENTS I WAS GETTING AND WANTED TO GIVE AS MUCH DETAIL AS POSSIBLE FOR YOU TO BE HAPPY WITH YOUR PROJECT AS WELL AS I WAS WITH MINE)
PLEASE EXCUSE ANY TYPOS OR INCORRECT SPELLING!
(You do not need to be an English Major to pick up a paint brush, right?)
In the pic above shows the colors I used.
The above photo shows the formica countertops I had to work with
The below picture will hurt your eyes, for sure! This is the point where I was thinking...
Well, I am not a quitter and I have done so many projects that I was very pleased with. So PLEASE (anyone out there who has wanted to tackle this project) let me save you from some heartache, frustrations, or when you're on that fence of
I can't stress enough on the blending and the damp sponges (the sponges were small, medium, and large) just randomly (sp?) using different sizes to try and get a result I was pleased with. There was no method to this madness!
I let the Polycrylic dry for about 3 days before I put anything back on the counters. I had a reader share that there is a "marine grade" sealer that is also "heat" resistant. I am not familiar with this product, so maybe you can
By the way...my husband's reaction???
The above pic is the bathroom "before"
Thank you for reading, good luck, and GO FOR IT! I am a true believer that you really can not mess this up, do to the fact that either you can #1 scrub it off with Windex or
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Published January 5th, 2016 7:03 AM
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Dorothy swann on Jan 08, 2019
Good going! Looks good and MOST importantly you didn't destroy the environment by taking granite from the mountains.
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Susan Sutton on Jan 30, 2019
This looks awesome! I have been wanting to do this for some time but have been terrified of trying it! Thank you for making it seem so much more simple than I thought it could be! I’m definitely going to try it!
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I have old butcher block counters in kitchen- what can I do with those - my cabinets are white and white tile flooring with grays / black small tile backsplash
Do you have to remove the sink first? That’s what always keeps me from trying this.
Like the bathroom counter top...what colors did you use?