Faux Marble Concrete Floor

To achieve a finish that resembles real marble you must start with clean concrete.

Faux marble concrete floor.

A lot of work but not difficult. Finishing a concrete floor to look like marble gives the appearance of a more expensive stone without the hassle that having marble floors entails. However you can avoid incurring the costs of overlaying genuine tile over a concrete floor and create a faux marble finish that closely resembles marble tile. Concrete floors offer stability that other floors can t and all that is required to take care of the painted concrete floor is an occasional sweeping and mopping.

While marble floors look clean and classy it s expensive and real marble can get scratched easily. The great thing about the marble floor kit is that the 2 part mix combines right in the pouch so there s no need for a bucket or mixing paddle. Begin by sweeping the. Any marbling techniques i have found are difficult.

Doing a large floor would be too hard to tackle with my arthritis and fibromyalgia. If a marble floor is a little out of your budget then with a little effort a striking and unusual effect can be created with a faux marble painting technique. Plain concrete slabs have served as the flooring material for basements garages patios and utility areas for many years but concrete is now also a viable material in home interiors where it can be polished etched or stained to serve as the finished flooring surface if you are used to thinking of concrete as a utilitarian surface suitable only for utilitarian surfaces the many virtues. We are building our home and money gets tight sometimes so i decided to paint our concrete basement floors.

With a little time hard work and creative spirit you can have your guests wondering if. It took me 10 years to figure out this marbling method. This is my faux marble floor the room is 16 feet wide and 30 feet long. Luckily you can have the look of a marble floor without the hassle by painting a faux marble finish on concrete.

Concrete is gray in color and not very inviting. To mix the pouch first lay it on the floor and roll from part a side toward part b side until the divider inside the pouch releases with a pop allowing the two parts to mix. Clean the floor completely and paint a basecoat i used white paint because i wanted white marble. It is easy and quick.