Chalk Paint On Laminate Countertops

All it requires is some paint and a brush.

Chalk paint on laminate countertops. This is the easiest diy project ever. Make your old laminate countertops look like stone by painting them we ll show you how. In the end we decided just to paint them since neither of us wanted to put in the time or effort to rip out and replace the counters or risk the concrete layer cracking and flaking off. No sanding or anything else fancy is needed.

Of course the buzz is all about the faux granite kits. After painting my cabinets i started thinking about painting my counter tops. Since a lot of people are interested in this topic i m sharing a post that i originally published september 2014. Let s talk chalk paint.

The two paints started to separate and i knew i screwed the counter top paint up so i threw it away and decided to just chalk paint my laminate counter tops. If you have laminate countertops in need of some love and like the look of slate then keep reading. I searched the internet to see if anyone had tried this but i wasn t able to find anything. Are stone kitchen countertops out of your budget.

At over 26 000 views one of my most watched youtube tutorials is on how to paint over laminate with annie sloan chalk paint. How to paint laminate countertops to look like stone replacing laminate countertops with stone can be quite pricey but they can be redesigned for half the cost with some paint and a bit of patience. Functional and fun reply delete. Not only can your counters be a different color but they can even look like an entirely new material.

Here is the before leftover from the granite job. Here is the freshed up after. I m thinking about painting my laminate kitchen countertops and chalk paint is much more appealing to me than the faux granite stuff i ve seen. Also i could write my coffee or my wine and a directional arrow in chalk to prevent mixups or have an ongoing shopping list on the backsplash.