Marbling Concrete Pots

Roll the sides of the pot through the paint.

Marbling concrete pots.

I did this the day before and let them dry overnight. Wearing gloves mix the concrete with water in a bucket. Every time you dip you get a new look. Second fill shallow plastic tub halfway with water then spray your first color in water.

Add more water or concrete mix if necessary. This will make the paint marbling permanent. Third spray the next color into the first color. Mix four parts acrylic white paint with one part water into a container big enough to accommodate the pot.

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. Using a shovel add the concrete mix and water to a bucket using a ratio of 4 parts concrete to 1 part water. The terracotta pots do soak up a lot of spray paint so be prepared for this.

Start with a guess at how much concrete you ll need but don t worry you can always mix up some more. Get free shipping on qualified large concrete planters or buy online pick up in store today in the outdoors department. Still haven t subscribed to tee. Keep spraying different colors until the surface of the water is mostly covered with paint.

Next roll the pot with a stick inserted to hold it on the surface of the water. Concrete large planters garden center the home depot store finder. Let the excess paint drip and then apply a later of sealer or clear finishing spray. I love how you never know what the outcome is going to be with this process.

Step 7 separate half add dye. Spray paint water before you begin i spray painted my terra cotta pots with a white gloss spray paint with primer built in. Thoroughly mix the concrete and water together until you achieve a uniform consistency similar to peanut butter.