Marble Paint Terracotta Pots

They look like marble and are a perfect pot for lavender or any colorful flowers.

Marble paint terracotta pots.

Pour paint into a disposable bin make sure the bin is wide enough to accommodate your pot. If you are using pastel colored nail polish you could probably leave your pot terracotta colored. In my opinion they do not have to be perfect because the marble design will cover any imperfections. Let the paint dry for 24 to 48 hours then seal.

You can invert your pot over a tin can to keep it off of the ground while painting. These marbleized pots are so beautiful i m using them at an outdoor wedding i m doing next week. I did this the day before and let them dry overnight. Make sure you get all of the exterior covered and at most the interior edge so you can t notice the terracotta orange on the inside.

The terracotta pots do soak up a lot of spray paint so be prepared for this. Perfect way to use up any old n. Use folkart acrylic lacquers matte satin or gloss finishes or with folkart artists varnish satin or gloss. With white spray paint give your pot a nice clean coat of paint.

In paint friendly jars water down your accent colors 1 color per jar. This marbled paint technique is only one type of paint pour. At this point the paint colors will slowly begin to marbleize with the white paint. How to marble terracotta with nail polish follow the steps in this video to create your own unique marbled terracotta pots.

Do this in no particular pattern. Before you begin i spray painted my terra cotta pots with a white gloss spray paint with primer built in. Learn how to use the pour paint technique to create a marble effect on your terracotta pots. I painted my pots with a white enamel spray paint so that the nail polish colors would pop.

Spray paint pots in a well ventilated area spray paint the terra cotta pots inside and out with white spray paint in thin even strokes. I sealed my marbled pot with one coat each of mod podge outdoor and mod podge gloss. First add 3 parts white paint with 1 part water into a paint safe bowl that s large enough to fit your terra cotta pot. Next randomly add in the gold or whatever color you re using paints on top of the white paint.