Painting a marble fireplace

jake

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Feb 28, 2005, 12:55:57 PM2/28/05

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I have a brown marble fireplace that looks awful (everyone I know
agrees) Does anyone have any experience of painting over a fireplace.
What sort of paint should I use?

thanks

Jake

Mary Fisher

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Feb 28, 2005, 1:22:51 PM2/28/05

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"jake" <jake_...@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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>I have a brown marble fireplace that looks awful (everyone I know
> agrees) Does anyone have any experience of painting over a fireplace.

We did this once. It didn't look good so we tried to remove the paint.

It had been drawn into the microscopic cracks in the surface and looked
dreadful.

> What sort of paint should I use?

What colour do you want to paint it?

Mary
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> thanks
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> Jake

basil

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Feb 28, 2005, 4:49:58 PM2/28/05

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It might be worth more than you and everyone you know could ever
believe, so try a picture of it on ebay with the words "marble" in
description and mention the period its from but dont mention "awful".

Alan Holmes

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Feb 28, 2005, 5:31:51 PM2/28/05

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>I have a brown marble fireplace that looks awful (everyone I know
> agrees) Does anyone have any experience of painting over a fireplace.
> What sort of paint should I use?

Why on earth would anyone want to destroy a marble fireplace by
painting it, regardless of the colour?

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alan

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> thanks
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> Jake

EricP

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Feb 28, 2005, 5:41:45 PM2/28/05

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Confirmed. These things can have quite surprising prices to the right
audience. You might find you have enough to get rid of it, replace it,
and have a bit in the bank.

Andy Dingley

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Feb 28, 2005, 8:04:43 PM2/28/05

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It was somewhere outside Barstow when jake_...@hotmail.com (jake)
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>What sort of paint should I use?

Shellac undercoat please. Not a bad primer, and it makes cleaning it
off easier in a couple of decades' time.

jake

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Mar 1, 2005, 6:16:15 AM3/1/05

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Hi Everyone

Thanks for your replies. As for selling the fireplace. I top of the
fireplace has a chunk about the size of your fist broken off it (like
that when I bought the house). Plus if I sell it on ebay I am in
northern ireland making ship it expensive. I may stick it on ebay and
see what happens as it is quite big. I am also going to replace the
insert to see if that improves it any. I would like to keep it but it
just does not look good at the minute.

>>Why on earth would anyone want to destroy a marble fireplace by
>>painting it, regardless of the colour?

Because it does not look good in the room there is little point in
keeping it if most people including myself dont like it. However if I
heard someone was going to paint over a marble fireplace I would say
the same.

thanks for your replies,

Jake

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jake

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Mar 1, 2005, 6:16:56 AM3/1/05

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Hi Mary

>>What colour do you want to paint it?

I am currently thinking charcoal grey but if I would be happy with white or cream.

thanks

jake

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Mary Fisher

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Mar 1, 2005, 7:01:37 AM3/1/05

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"jake" <jake_...@hotmail.com> wrote in message

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> Hi Mary
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>>>What colour do you want to paint it?
>
> I am currently thinking charcoal grey but if I would be happy with white
> or cream.

I think the advice about selling it is the best solution.

Mary

Rob Morley

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Mar 1, 2005, 10:10:10 AM3/1/05

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In article <8194d9f0.05030...@posting.google.com>, "jake"
jake_...@hotmail.com says...

> Hi Everyone
>
> Thanks for your replies. As for selling the fireplace. I top of the
> fireplace has a chunk about the size of your fist broken off it (like
> that when I bought the house). Plus if I sell it on ebay I am in
> northern ireland making ship it expensive. I may stick it on ebay and
> see what happens as it is quite big.

You could always ask any local architectural salvage specialists if
they'd be interested.

Harry Ziman

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Mar 1, 2005, 3:15:17 PM3/1/05

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"Rob Morley" <nos...@ntlworld.com> wrote in message
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This is good advice. Also any fireplace shops in your area, particularly
those that deal in antique ones. They can remove and often repair to high
standards, sometimes using marble recovered from other pieces.