No sanding or anything else fancy is needed.
Chalk paint on laminate countertops.
If you have laminate countertops in need of some love and like the look of slate then keep reading.
This is the easiest diy project ever.
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I m thinking about painting my laminate kitchen countertops and chalk paint is much more appealing to me than the faux granite stuff i ve seen.
Here is the freshed up after.
I wasn t apposed to going that route but what i really wanted to do is paint them with annie sloan chalk paint.
Since a lot of people are interested in this topic i m sharing a post that i originally published september 2014.
Are stone kitchen countertops out of your budget.
All it requires is some paint and a brush.
Make your old laminate countertops look like stone by painting them we ll show you how.
Not only can your counters be a different color but they can even look like an entirely new material.
Let s talk chalk paint.
The two paints started to separate and i knew i screwed the counter top paint up so i threw it away and decided to just chalk paint my laminate counter tops.
There are a ton of kits and products out there for painting countertops but i decided to keep it simple and just use chalkboard paint.
After painting my cabinets i started thinking about painting my counter tops.
At over 26 000 views one of my most watched youtube tutorials is on how to paint over laminate with annie sloan chalk paint.
In the end we decided just to paint them since neither of us wanted to put in the time or effort to rip out and replace the counters or risk the concrete layer cracking and flaking off.
How to paint laminate countertops to look like stone replacing laminate countertops with stone can be quite pricey but they can be redesigned for half the cost with some paint and a bit of patience.
Here is the before leftover from the granite job.
Also i could write my coffee or my wine and a directional arrow in chalk to prevent mixups or have an ongoing shopping list on the backsplash.