WHITE MARBLE PAINTED COUNTERTOPS | EPOXY TOPCOAT | EASY AFFORDABLE DIY (without using a kit)
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- WHITE MARBLE PAINTED COUNTERTOPS | EPOXY TOPCOAT | EASY AFFORDABLE DIY (without using a kit)
Welcome to Part 1 of my Kitchen Renovation series! Over the next few weeks/ months I will be showing yall the final steps to completing a kitchen renovation all DIY style. Before starting this series I have retired the backsplash, retiled the floor, painted the cabinet, replaced the microwave, and now painted the kitchen cabinet! I will go over all of those in the final reveal!
A few weeks ago I started painting my faux marble countertops and have finally gotten the time to finish them. The challenge for us was when we could find a time that we would be able to not use our counter surfaces for 3 days.
This DIY white marble painted countertop is super easy and could be completed in a day (besides the drying time for the epoxy topcoat.) I am nowhere near being an artist and although the marble veining looks intimidating, it is very forgiving and super easy to make look realistic.
I hope yall enjoy this DIY and if you try this one yourself please tag me so I can boost you on my Instagram.
White marble painted countertops | Epoxy Topcoat | Easy affordable DIY | Without using a kit
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Primer:
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Brushes
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Marble Veining Paint
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9 month update!!
Structurally and functionally the countertop is holding up well to every day use. As you see in the video my moms kitchen gets FAR more light than I realize so since I used a pure white paint it started to yellow a bit. If I were to do this again I would choose to do a type of marble that isn’t as pure white (or a granite finish would work too). Also we let it cure for about a week or two to be safe by making sure things were placed on towels or cutting boards.
TLDR: be aware of potential yellowing with pure white designs in high sun areas (UV exposure)
The epoxy did the yellowing
That's a shame because you did an outstanding job. There must be some type of UV protective product to use for or with the topcoat.
I love the way you did the veins--looks much more realistic than most of the other techniques people use. Great job!
What other colors can you choose that is light?
@@rgbuckl You're right. She did an excellent job for saying she's not an artist. This was a bold undertaking. I use Stone Coat Countertop products.
Thank you so much for the update
I never comment but I just had to on yours! After watching which seems like a million videos on how to diy faux marble yours gave me the confidence I needed to do it! Your video was literally so simple to follow ! And your personality was just like a friendly voice! Thank you very much! My counter looks AMAZING!
I totally agree. Thanks
I must disagree with you. You ARE an artist!! That is beautiful!! And your instructions were very precise. Thank you for putting out this helpful video. I will be watching it again when I do the counters in my new (old) 5th wheel.
The most chill countertop re-do video on TH-cam I think. So far only video I’ve seen that doesn’t use epoxy paint. Not sure what to think of that.
First of all, your personality and voice is beautiful, secondly, thanks for giving me the courage to want to do this myself instead of hiring professionals. I am about to be a first time buyer on a pre-construction house and the builder decided "bruh lets just put ugly quartz here to save money" - so to ease the stress of moving in a house im already a little annoyed with, this DIY is the missing ingrieident. Thanks so much for posting
Wow! Well done young lady.🌻🌴🌻
I have looked at so many videos but yours made it so clear and I will deffinately use it as my guide. Thank you so much for giving us the benifit of your experience. I am almost 80yrs and slowly painting my kitchen cabinets, I realy like your back splash as well, although I am just going to paint the tile that I have and then start on my marble counter top, I will follow your advice and will let you know how it turns out. 🌻🌴🌻
Wow Rachel, the counters turned out beautifully. You’re so thorough and informative.
Thank you so much!
You're inspiring! You really did a great job! I really want to get to work on my own old, old outdated kitchen countertops and see them transformed, as well. I love the high gloss look too. Makes the countertops look very high end! My only concern now is how to pull this off and keep animals safe and out of harm's way while it cures. (Three days plus is a really long time to cure...I would hate to see little paw prints all over my masterpiece! ). How much does it cure in 24 hours?
Hands bow the best video I've seen for faux marbling and I've been pouring through these videos
Wow! I wish would have seen this before I paid for quartz counter tops! Beautiful work Rachel. I was just passing through and now I'm a subscriber. Looking forward to seeing more.
Same here! First time viewing, and I like what I'm seeing! Already hit subscribe!
WoW this is the BEST diy marble countertop I have ever seen!!! Seriously the veining and the topcoat is on point...I am an artist and I have been wanting to get marble counter tops but it's not in the budget. But you did such an excellent job and explained it so well, so I am going to try it. Sis you could charge for your talent, seriously I could not tell they are not marble after you were done. BRAVO!!!!
I have been watching a lot of diy videos and I have honestly to say that there’s something about you that makes your videos somehow special. IDK but I guess It has something to do with your demeanor, your voice and the way you move your eyes. Anyway, thanks for these videos and please keep it up.
Can you make an update video on how these are holding up?
I was trying to do mine without a kit....one kit I wanted to use was $800...so was looking for a video exactly like this!!!
You just gave me the courage to do this! Thank you!
Hey beautiful did you end up doing it yet?
You are gorgeous and very talented. Congrats on the job.
This is the BEST video I have seen on the diy marble countertops (and I've watched A LOT). Thank you so much for sharing your experience. They look fantastic!
Thank you so much! When I was trying to figure it out I watch pretty much all the videos and still couldn’t find al the info Aj needed. I’m glad this video is helping people!!
@@TheRachelThomasLife How are the counters holding up?
Love what you did with the blow dryer 🤗👍🏼
Great job Rachel, countertops looks beautiful and I appreciated the informative marble tutorial!
Love that this was without a kit!! The kits are sooooo expensive :/
Right!! I knew there was a way I could
Do it and buy everything separately
@@TheRachelThomasLife great job! would you mind saying how much you spent, to compare with the kit? also, did you thin out the grey paint for the veins?
I spent a little less because I had the primer and paint on hand since I was working on other renovation. But to purchase everything new it would be $20 for primer, $10 for base paint, $1 for the grey paint, and $60 per gallon of epoxy (our kitchen is big so I used two) if you used the brand I did but there are cheaper. So about $90 not including tarps tape and paintbrushes/ rollers which you can get for under $10. The kit that I saw online was $150 and I was going to need 2 of them which is why I knew I needed to find another way 😂
@@TheRachelThomasLife would you recommend a kit or do you think the materials you used were more effective? Also how are the counters holding up this far have you had any issues?
@@TheRachelThomasLife Hi....I really enjoyed your video and just painted my cabinets with the nuvo paint kit. I have 2 questions...can you use a sponge roller for topcoat? Also wondering can I use the nuvo paint I have left over, it's water-based and would match perfectly?
👍looks great wait a minute no it looks really really great I spent 5 hours looking for a good enough video to take advice from however I'll be doing a flollor and I'll be adding a couple extrs 👍👍
Wow this is an amazing job! I did my countertop with this same marble pattern but it’s contact paper because I was nervous trying to test my countertop with paint. With your steps and instructions I may have some hope. Thanks so much for sharing this!!!
Glad it was helpful! Hope you get to try it someday!
Rachel White Life someday if my husband allow me to experiment again 🤣
This is really beautiful and you are definitely an artist. You have a great eye for detail and beauty and your instructions were wonderful! This is an awesome video
Thank you so much!
This is the best video I've seen in DIY'ing the countertops. Thanks so much!
Loved the veining! Great job!!
Great veining idea! Thank you! Interesting
Thank you. You are the best of the videos explaining the veining. You give me the confidence to do it. I have 3-4 counters to do. You are the BEST.
Thank you so much! Glad it helped!
Exactly what I came here to say. Excellent presentation all around. Great job!!
Ok so this was the best video and results that I have seen on this thing called TH-cam. Thanks for giving me an extra boost of confidence to do this. I am very artistic and tend to try my hand at a lot of things but I have never made a faux marble top before. I'm going to make one change to mine and that's instead of the epoxy I'm going to use polycrylic as the top coat due to drying time and ease of use. Thanks Sis for the video the water bottle spray is genius. 😘❤️👏🏽
I just have to say, your hair is on point! I am in love with your hair. ❤️
I am very impressed, awesome job , looks great and realistic.
very helpful! just the video i was looking for! thank you!
This will be my next project. Thanks.
Great video! Just what I've been looking for.
Amazing and beautiful. Your tutorial was so easy to follow. I will be using your technique.
Wow turned out great! Might have to try on my bathroom countertop
Looked amazing
You did an amazing job! Best video on how to d this - Bravo!
This is the best DIY I’ve seen!
Wow, beautiful veining!!! Thank you for the tutorial!
They turned out really nice…
Excellent that looks so good and so real!!
Great presentation ! I'm doing this ! Thank you.
Can we get an update to how it’s held up for you? Plllllease🥳
This video was the best of all! I just finished with everything except the epoxy using your method and wow!!! Even without the epoxy my countertops look amazing! I’ll try to get a video up soon!
Beautiful job! How do you level out the top coat to make sure its even and smooth?
Rachel thanks for sharing. I am going to work on my countertop now.
Excellent tutorial. Most informative.
Great video and I also went to The University of North Texas!!! I will be trying this technique thank you!!
You did a beautiful job. I'm trying this. Thank you!!
Perfect!! Love your technique
This is really helpful. My laminate counters are probably 50 years old, but I never seem to save to replace stuff like that. If this lets me put off replacing them for another 2-5 years, it will totally be worth the expense and work.
Omg I loved counter tops. I also would like the name of your back splash its beautiful
You’re awesome!! Thank you so much!
I would love to have a kitchen like that!!
Me too!!
Babygirl doing it! Very thorough and informative very Much respect. #blackexcellence ✊🏿💙💯
Wow. Amazing job!
Great video!! Loved it. Need to watch it at least 2 or 3 more times. I missed what are you spreading the epoxy with?
And how long did you wait for the paint to dry before applying epoxy coat?
And where did you tape the plastic sheeting to? The top of the cabinet or under the countertop?
And is all you have at the backsplash the masking tape?
how do you know how much epoxy to pout or out?
And last how much time to you have to get it spread out? Work in sections? It won't harden in the bucket if I'm slow?
Sorry for all the questions but I just wanna get it right!!
Totally gonna do this! Starting off small on my bathroom countertops. Does it tell you how much you need to mix up per square foot?
Thank you soooo much for sharing your knowledge and technique.
I literally was looking at Rustoleum acrylic but the 12 colors were ugly!
Also thought about the tissue paper marbling but I really love this carrera looking marble with the high gloss!
How long does it last?
And how long for it to cure if it needs that?
TIA hope you see 👀 my questions.
Thanks again! 👍❤
Beautiful job!
Thank you!
Wow! amazing work!
BEAUTIFUL!!!!!!!!
You’re an artist :)
Good Job!!
I love how you used the big paint brush to create realistic veining. As a painter who mainly uses acrylics, its so hard to get marbling to look right with how fast the paint dries. Thanks for the new techniques 🍬
Glad you enjoyed it!
All I can say is wow 🤩
You did an amazing job on thise counters. Love how they turned out. Thank you so much for sharing.
You did an amazing job
I watched this whole video and I'm not even going to work on my counter tops.
It’s the TH-cam rabbit hole😂. Totally get it! Thanks for watching!
Lolll
You are a she hero it looks beautiful!
Loved your video girly!! I know it’s only been 4 months since you’ve done this project so it’s too soon to tell if you’ve seen any yellowing but I’m so scared to try epoxy resin without knowing if it’ll yellow overtime.
The yellowing will occur with UV (sun rays) so the ones I did tinted a bit yellow but still look good!
Nedda I’ve been worried too about the same thing. I have heard to drake with polyacrylic which won’t yellow but at the same time I don’t think you’ll get that same thick coat of shine like you will with the epoxy 🤷♀️
@@kristinzalgenas1396 Kristin, I purchased the polyacrylic and used on my test sample next to a section of epoxy. You are right, there was no comparison and i used 4 coats of the poly with a light sanding in between.
@@sherieshank5148 can you possibly do the epoxy for the shine and then put the poly acrylic on top? Or it would still dull it?
Awesome Video....
besutiful job!
My question is when you are laying the top coat how do you know it's "even" or is self leveling? I'm completely new at this so sorry if it is a dumb question. Also thank you for the best veining and feathering tutorial I've seen so far!
Expoxy for countertops is self leveling.
When I watch Stone Coat Countertops, they use a 1/8 inch trowel. This young lady did an excellent job; but I just wanted to give you an answer to your question. The trowel ensures consistency in the amount across the counter; but the epoxy also levels itself.
This is so amazing and mesmerizing! I’m wanting to do this for my parents kitchen... may I ask what type of surface you put this over? My parents have the old white laminate that came in the house when it was built in the 90s 🤮 I’m hoping that surface will be ok for this type of paint/coating! You’re adorable and so sweet!
Looks amazing! Can I do this on our old granite?
Nice!
This is the only vid where the marble veins look good.
Great job thanks for sharing. Question how did the edges turn out. Did they absorb a lot of the epoxy?
Will this method take on heat and stain of everyday use in the kitchen? I love the way you explain how to do this, but I am very leary.
Yes
Great question!!
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Beautiful Look!
Looks great!!!!!
Hey. I’m new here. The kitchen turned out awesome. Great job!
Very well explained
Great job!!!!
Just curious what the original countertop looked like. Do you have a before photo? I want to do this on my laminate in my bathrooms and you make it look sooooo easy!!!
I can’t find a picture right now but it was a brown granite
Ok, you’ve motivated me.... can you tell me all the products you used please?!?
This is beautiful! How do you do it with hot items? I found this really nice contact paper and it has been damaged by ei: hot plates removed from microwave and hot cups of coffee lol I need to change it. I am curious to know if I am going to run into the same issue with this top coat.
This looks fabulous. I also love your backsplash. Any info on what pattern that is, where you purchased it?
Purchased from Floor and Decor! Not sure on the pattern but they were about $10 per sq foot and not many similar to ir
good video-shouldn't you have use a polyurethane seal coat before applying the Epoxy resin. I hope your countertops don't discolor in shadowy places e.g. under an appliance that stays in one place.
Great tip! Thank you for sharing
Hi, I am new to these things so I want to ask why should a seal coat be put? Does it help?
Have you had any trouble with coffee or other things staining your countertops?
My question as well!!
Thanks 🤎
I have a built in backing. How can I do the epoxy on that please? Also, what would a littler glitter look like in there?
Oh. Yes great question! My counter has a 3 inch lip up in the backwall too..where the backsplash is. How do you cover that with the epoxy? Yikes
Gorgeous
Did you use just a regular hair dryer at the end? Didn’t know if it was a stronger heat out put or you could just use a normal hair dryer
Just a normal hair dryer! It was actually a mini travel dryer
Great video, thank you so much!
Thank you for the great content, girl... So, how much did this cost you totally?
Did your countertops yellow over time?
Up above, she did say yes, a little
What sand paper grit did you use before and in between? Thanks
What if you don’t want a gloss marble? I want a satin mate finish , what would you recommend
Thank you so much this was super helpful xoxo
Awesome thanks!
great job!
Thank you!