Marbling Concrete Pots

Wearing gloves mix the concrete with water in a bucket.

Marbling concrete pots.

Next roll the pot with a stick inserted to hold it on the surface of the water. Every time you dip you get a new look. Keep spraying different colors until the surface of the water is mostly covered with paint. Thoroughly mix the concrete and water together until you achieve a uniform consistency similar to peanut butter.

Let the excess paint drip and then apply a later of sealer or clear finishing spray. The marbling technique can be used for a lot of interesting projects some of which involve terracotta pots. Still haven t subscribed to tee. I did this the day before and let them dry overnight.

Mix four parts acrylic white paint with one part water into a container big enough to accommodate the pot. Get free shipping on qualified large concrete planters or buy online pick up in store today in the outdoors department. This will make the paint marbling permanent. The terracotta pots do soak up a lot of spray paint so be prepared for this.

Once the paint is set take it outside and give it a coat of krylon triple thick gloss glaze. Once the spray paint is dry your planters are ready to use. Step 7 separate half add dye. Using a shovel add the concrete mix and water to a bucket using a ratio of 4 parts concrete to 1 part water.

I love how you never know what the outcome is going to be with this process. Third spray the next color into the first color. In this teen vogue dorm it yourself tutorial chloe daley shows how to make marbled planters using water and nail polish. Start with a guess at how much concrete you ll need but don t worry you can always mix up some more.

Spray paint water before you begin i spray painted my terra cotta pots with a white gloss spray paint with primer built in. Add more water or concrete mix if necessary. Roll the sides of the pot through the paint.