Marbling Concrete Pots

Spray paint water before you begin i spray painted my terra cotta pots with a white gloss spray paint with primer built in.

Marbling concrete pots.

Second fill shallow plastic tub halfway with water then spray your first color in water. Add more water or concrete mix if necessary. Get free shipping on qualified large concrete planters or buy online pick up in store today in the outdoors department. Once the paint is set take it outside and give it a coat of krylon triple thick gloss glaze.

Third spray the next color into the first color. Let the excess paint drip and then apply a later of sealer or clear finishing spray. Once the spray paint is dry your planters are ready to use. Still haven t subscribed to tee.

Thoroughly mix the concrete and water together until you achieve a uniform consistency similar to peanut butter. Start with a guess at how much concrete you ll need but don t worry you can always mix up some more. The terracotta pots do soak up a lot of spray paint so be prepared for this. The marbling technique can be used for a lot of interesting projects some of which involve terracotta pots.

Using a shovel add the concrete mix and water to a bucket using a ratio of 4 parts concrete to 1 part water. I did this the day before and let them dry overnight. In this teen vogue dorm it yourself tutorial chloe daley shows how to make marbled planters using water and nail polish. Every time you dip you get a new look.

I love how you never know what the outcome is going to be with this process. Because adding too much water can weaken the structure of the concrete begin by pouring in less than you think you ll need. Concrete large planters garden center the home depot store finder. Keep spraying different colors until the surface of the water is mostly covered with paint.

Step 7 separate half add dye. This will make the paint marbling permanent. Roll the sides of the pot through the paint.