Marble Paint Terracotta Pots

Learn how to use the pour paint technique to create a marble effect on your terracotta pots.

Marble paint terracotta pots.

You can invert your pot over a tin can to keep it off of the ground while painting. At this point the paint colors will slowly begin to marbleize with the white paint. In paint friendly jars water down your accent colors 1 color per jar. I did this the day before and let them dry overnight.

They look like marble and are a perfect pot for lavender or any colorful flowers. Start off by making sure that your terracotta pots are clean. If you are using pastel colored nail polish you could probably leave your pot terracotta colored. With white spray paint give your pot a nice clean coat of paint.

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. Pour paint into a disposable bin make sure the bin is wide enough to accommodate your pot. Use folkart acrylic lacquers matte satin or gloss finishes or with folkart artists varnish satin or gloss. Once watered down use your paint brush to splash drops of the paint colors atop the white paint.

Next randomly add in the gold or whatever color you re using paints on top of the white paint. In my opinion they do not have to be perfect because the marble design will cover any imperfections. 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. Do this in no particular pattern.

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. This marbled paint technique is only one type of paint pour. The terracotta pots do soak up a lot of spray paint so be prepared for this. I painted my pots with a white enamel spray paint so that the nail polish colors would pop.

I sealed my marbled pot with one coat each of mod podge outdoor and mod podge gloss. These marbleized pots are so beautiful i m using them at an outdoor wedding i m doing next week. Let the paint dry for 24 to 48 hours then seal. Before you begin i spray painted my terra cotta pots with a white gloss spray paint with primer built in.