Plaster columns can be made to look like alabaster or marble or granite but simple paint is sometimes the best way to enhance their visual appeal.
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Faux marbleizing is a finishing technique that has been used for hundreds of years to give bland painted surfaces the look of natural stone.
Chadsworth also specializes in custom pergola designs balustrades shutters decorative moldings column capitals bases composition accents domes medallions entryways garden accents.
Our polystone columns are the most requested column by architects.
Chadsworth columns enters 28 years of building service continues to lead the industry with the most architecturally correct columns.
For a subtle look try varying shades of gray white green or pale.
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Stately interior columns are a stand out design element marking an elegant entry into a dining room separating a large living room dining room.
Decide on a color scheme.
Using a sponging technique carol vonesh and debra liles apply multiple colors and layers of paint and glaze to turn a painted column into fantasy marble.
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Techniques for marble painting for columns.
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It s best to work nervously without much control of the feather to get a realistic look.
Don t forget the metallics.
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These cast fiberglass columns come in a grayish grayish blue yellowish or brownish color depending on the filler used by the manufacturer and are considered a paint grade product.
Mix equal amounts of white paint and thickener extender dip a feather included in the kit into the paint mixture and apply veins diagonally at random.
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How to paint a plaster column.
To get an authentic marble look add veining and cracking with white paint.
A more accurate name would be polymer marble or poly marble composite columns but we will stick to what the industry has called them for decades.