Marbling Concrete Pots

Because adding too much water can weaken the structure of the concrete begin by pouring in less than you think you ll need.

Marbling concrete pots.

Every time you dip you get a new look. Next roll the pot with a stick inserted to hold it on the surface of the water. Wearing gloves mix the concrete with water in a bucket. Start with a guess at how much concrete you ll need but don t worry you can always mix up some more.

Thoroughly mix the concrete and water together until you achieve a uniform consistency similar to peanut butter. In this teen vogue dorm it yourself tutorial chloe daley shows how to make marbled planters using water and nail polish. The marbling technique can be used for a lot of interesting projects some of which involve terracotta pots. Still haven t subscribed to tee.

The terracotta pots do soak up a lot of spray paint so be prepared for this. Once the spray paint is dry your planters are ready to use. Once the paint is set take it outside and give it a coat of krylon triple thick gloss glaze. Add more water or concrete mix if necessary.

This will make the paint marbling permanent. Get free shipping on qualified large concrete planters or buy online pick up in store today in the outdoors department. Concrete large planters garden center the home depot store finder. Spray paint water before you begin i spray painted my terra cotta pots with a white gloss spray paint with primer built in.

Roll the sides of the pot through the paint. Let the excess paint drip and then apply a later of sealer or clear finishing spray. Keep spraying different colors until the surface of the water is mostly covered with paint. Mix four parts acrylic white paint with one part water into a container big enough to accommodate the pot.

Third spray the next color into the first color. Step 7 separate half add dye. I love how you never know what the outcome is going to be with this process.