Marble Effect Paint
Posted: Sat Dec 24, 2011 4:14 pm
Here are the application instructions for the marble effect finish.
First of all I want to tell you that I used Greek products to achieve this finish if you want more info on the products I used pm me. You can use equivelant products but I don't know if it will look the same , the materials used in this project is a black base , a marble effect paint (silver) ( or try to make it with regular silver paint, it's your choice, it will not look that good though) , plastic warp or 3m nylon (whatever suits you) , candy paint (red) and some clear coat.
Before reading these instructions please make sure that you are familiar with the terms and methodology of paints in general and you have a sufficient background on applying paints for that matter.
IMPORTANT: The surface to be painted must be of one even color before the application of the marble paint, the color of the base will determine the final result, the darker the color of the base coat is the more contrast there will be between the marble paint and the undercoat, the preferred base color is black while other combinations can be made by using different colors as a base.
STEP 1: Reduce your base coat 50-70% with Reducer(slow, normal or fast). Apply 2 layers of the base coat with an interval of 15 minutes. 20 minutes after the last layer of the base coat, the surface is ready to be painted with the marble paint. In case you apply the base coat more than 24 hours after the base coat, the surface must be lightly sanded.
STEP 2: Reduce the marble paint 40-70% with Reducer (fast, normal or slow reducer). Cut a nylon film or a plastic wrap big enough to cover the entire surface that will be painted by exceeding the surface area by 10cm prior to the application of the marble paint. Apply 2-3 layers of the marble paint wet on wet, each with a pattern overlap of 50%. No waiting time. Gently place the nylon film or plastic wrap over the top of the painted surface before the marble paint dries. Then either blow air with your gun or lightly touch the nylon film if no air source is available, this process is to make sure there are enough wrinkles on the paint pattern that has been created by the nylon film. Wait 3-5 minutes before you remove the nylon film or plastic wrap. Allow 30 minutes after the marble effect was applied before you apply a topcoat.
STEP 3: Reduce a candy paint 40-70% with Reducer (fast, normal or slow). Apply 2-3 layers of the candy paint, each with a pattern overlap of 65-70%. Wait 15 minutes between each layer. Allow 30 or more minutes after the last layer was applied before you apply the final topcoat. Test the surface by lightly touching a spot that you won't be able to see after you unmask the object you are painting before you move on.
STEP 4: Apply clear coat.. well it's pretty self-explenatory from here.
Here are some more pictures:
First of all I want to tell you that I used Greek products to achieve this finish if you want more info on the products I used pm me. You can use equivelant products but I don't know if it will look the same , the materials used in this project is a black base , a marble effect paint (silver) ( or try to make it with regular silver paint, it's your choice, it will not look that good though) , plastic warp or 3m nylon (whatever suits you) , candy paint (red) and some clear coat.
Before reading these instructions please make sure that you are familiar with the terms and methodology of paints in general and you have a sufficient background on applying paints for that matter.
IMPORTANT: The surface to be painted must be of one even color before the application of the marble paint, the color of the base will determine the final result, the darker the color of the base coat is the more contrast there will be between the marble paint and the undercoat, the preferred base color is black while other combinations can be made by using different colors as a base.
STEP 1: Reduce your base coat 50-70% with Reducer(slow, normal or fast). Apply 2 layers of the base coat with an interval of 15 minutes. 20 minutes after the last layer of the base coat, the surface is ready to be painted with the marble paint. In case you apply the base coat more than 24 hours after the base coat, the surface must be lightly sanded.
STEP 2: Reduce the marble paint 40-70% with Reducer (fast, normal or slow reducer). Cut a nylon film or a plastic wrap big enough to cover the entire surface that will be painted by exceeding the surface area by 10cm prior to the application of the marble paint. Apply 2-3 layers of the marble paint wet on wet, each with a pattern overlap of 50%. No waiting time. Gently place the nylon film or plastic wrap over the top of the painted surface before the marble paint dries. Then either blow air with your gun or lightly touch the nylon film if no air source is available, this process is to make sure there are enough wrinkles on the paint pattern that has been created by the nylon film. Wait 3-5 minutes before you remove the nylon film or plastic wrap. Allow 30 minutes after the marble effect was applied before you apply a topcoat.
STEP 3: Reduce a candy paint 40-70% with Reducer (fast, normal or slow). Apply 2-3 layers of the candy paint, each with a pattern overlap of 65-70%. Wait 15 minutes between each layer. Allow 30 or more minutes after the last layer was applied before you apply the final topcoat. Test the surface by lightly touching a spot that you won't be able to see after you unmask the object you are painting before you move on.
STEP 4: Apply clear coat.. well it's pretty self-explenatory from here.
Here are some more pictures: