Marble walls are within reach for the common man
  • 1242 points Hublotx

    I’ve always wanted to know the process and how they get it shining

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    1028 points NightmareJoker2

    The paint is epoxy resin. It is polished. The trick is painting the wall even enough but also decoratively. This takes a lot of skill and effort. You can take an art class and find out how to do it small scale on a canvas or with water colors on paper.

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    23 points harolds49

    what is this called? if i wanted to find a class that does this on canvas what would i search for?

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    11 points Frigoris13

    Epoxy resin marble wall painting 102

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    7 points RaptorRepository

    So uhhhhh what's the 101 prereq class to that

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    2 points Sunstorm84

    Interior painting 101

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    5 points Lastshadow94

    A decent theater scenic painting class will teach you to paint marble at this scale. Hard wood floor and tile, too. The clear coat on a vertical surface is honestly a lot more labor intensive and complicated than the marble under it

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    211 points Woolf01

    They’re painting on a resin top coat then buffing with a polish to make it shine.

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    113 points Heniadyoin1

    It's waxed and ironed, the basic techniques for faux marble is surprisingly old, and you can find it in some other buildings

    Iirc the royal Albert hall even has some wood made to look like marble

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    30 points idle_isomorph

    These days lots of older buildings will also have some; I noticed some at Versailles and at the Hermitage, for example. They were used where some modern electric or other fixture needed to be put in, so the panel or section of column or whatever wouldnt stand out and impact the overall aesthetic.

    The ages of these range from recent, all the way back a few hundred years, when gas fixtures were installed to modernise such places.

    Its neat to see how these old stately places adapt to modernity

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    21 points Nastaayy

    There is also something similar that I've always wanted to try on a ceiling or accent wall called venetian plaster that has similar looking results.

    https://youtu.be/dFfcCJiTj5M?si=xybBjAy18HSS2TfK

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    9 points Hublotx

    I think it’s the same that’s where I first saw it

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    3 points bentbrewer

    I think you are right.

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    119 points DuffThey

    well tough shit you don't get to know lol

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    50 points clarkedaddy

    You fucking tell em

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    1 points rohithkumarsp

    Lol there's an Indian marble ad where is guy is trying to paint these marble design but gives up and the ad says "you can't paint nature's imperfections"...

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  • 1707 points SithLordMilk

    This would look very nice in a lobby somewhere

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    74 points danielduartesza

    Yeah. But not in a house.

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    54 points Itsapocalypse

    If I saw this anywhere and was told it was done by hand, I would find it very impressive

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    2 points Inevitable_Nobody733

    Happy cake day!!

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  • 126 points Xerxero

    Epoxy. Lots of it.

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    55 points jaxxon

    I'm losing brain cells from the off gassing just looking at this.

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    6 points jojoga

    and so will the inhabitants.

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    2 points Pepe_pls

    No they won’t. When it’s cured there’s no off gassing.

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  • 781 points Huwbacca

    I mean absolutely trash aesthetic, but excellently made.

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    394 points mrpineappleboi

    I think it depends on the business. Want to put this in your dentist’s office or car dealership? Going to look tacky AF. Want to put this in your spa with some wood/bamboo decor? Could work nicely.

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    37 points Eccohawk

    My dermatologists office looks like those walls. She's got some top tier clientele. (I am, sadly, no more than a standard pleb, however)

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    14 points danielduartesza

    This is Brazil. Trust me, this is someone's house, not a business.

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    32 points Lanky-Football857

    Tbf, on the video it looks nice. In person, maybe not

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    140 points miffox

    Came here to say the same thing. Craftsmanship is excellent but it's way too tacky for my taste...

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    39 points jil3000

    r/atbge ?

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    0 points seanthebeloved

    Why the question mark?

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    2 points jil3000

    To paraphrase, I was saying "This kind of thing?" vs sharing my own opinion.

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    36 points NastroAzzurro

    It’s becoming a bit of a trend, the fake marble and its awful

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    17 points AggravatingCupcake0

    I went to go see a new condo, freshly built. They had painted the bathroom floors to look like marble 😫 It's just so horribly cheap looking.

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    1 points abhiplays

    I love the rich marbel aesthetic but the real ones

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    7 points jaxxon

    The music really helped elevate the aesthetic, overall. LOL

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    3 points sritanona

    It looks so tacky.

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    1 points MrInfinity-42

    Yeah I definitely liked what was before the cut a lot more

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  • 28 points rileyjw90

    For the common man? Do y’all know how much Venetian plaster costs?

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  • 243 points -maffu-

    r/ATBGE

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    75 points Math_Unlikely

    Is it because it's a room instead of hall outside an apartment? Or would be distasteful? What if it was silver instead of gold?

    I think some people could pull this off without being trashy. There are those who can make most any room work. I am not one of those people.

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    87 points x_asperger

    This type of Marble wall, fake or real, is almost always the most tacky tasteless installment done in the name of looking luxurious

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    15 points m4cksfx

    It's a nice design for example for the kitchen wall above your stove, work area and such, and the chaos would mask some random stains. But it's usually done with printed glass instead.

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    34 points Shienvien

    It's better than the plain white it was before and it isn't some kind of eye-bleedy mess.

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    -12 points Sihplak

    Nah plain white drywall is infinitely better than marble

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    6 points Cpt_Bartholomew

    Id prefer drywall cause you can put stuff on it and itd look good. A shelf for records would look fucking bizzarre infront of marble

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    2 points citycait

    Yeah, you can’t exactly hang art on this.

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    1 points Math_Unlikely

    What about rock posters though?

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    2 points Math_Unlikely

    I would have loved in my first crap apartment though. But, I'd go whole hog and get the other walls and ceiling done with my non-existent money.

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  • 23 points chestnu

    Ah yes, the common man who can paint a flawless marble texture and has access to commercial amounts of epoxy 😂

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  • 16 points anjowoq

    I'm no geologist but that vein does not seem to make any sense.

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  • 14 points tyrefire2001

    I had no idea this was a thing, until an old boy who was a family friend of my in-laws told me that he did this professionally for decades. He lived in London and would travel all over the world doing it in hotels and offices, especially in the US. His portfolio was incredible.

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    4 points jojoga

    How did he get into doing this job?

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    3 points tyrefire2001

    Apprenticed to a high-end decorator firm in London back in the 60’s I think

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  • 47 points BlackMoth27

    i don't want a pimp den personally.

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    38 points ForrestCFB

    Fuck you are boring.

    Not even a pimp cup or cane?

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    30 points wethepeople1977

    Its a chalice.

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    3 points miffox

    The chalice with the palace has the brew that is true

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    4 points jaxxon

    A pimp toothbrush is about as far as I'm going.

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    3 points VAiSiA

    why?

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  • 6 points sritanona

    Sorry faking marble is super super tacky 😭

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  • 20 points Secuter

    I guess it'd look nice a lobby or some company. But I don't know. To me it just seems fake to pretend to have a marble wall like this.

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  • 17 points polish_filipino

    I wouldn't say trash aesthetic. The gold might be a bit much but if you're rich enough to consider a marble wall ofc you're gonna be a bit of a weirdo. I think for the room it's in It's pretty perfect just need like a red/purple painting to balance it out on a adjacent wall... And like furniture. But clearly they're in the wall phase. It's not that bad

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    1 points kazyzzz

    If you were rich enough, you would get an actual marble wall.

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  • 3 points opus-thirteen

    .... Yuck?

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  • 5 points LumpyNoodler

    r/restofthefuckingowl

    but super dope tho

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  • 7 points Milton_Stilton

    This isn't a fucking tutorial.

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  • 5 points Fightswithcrows

    Looks terrible.

    Certainly doesn't look real

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  • 2 points Bryancreates

    One of the first murals I did in a very large estate I met a man who was the lead project manager and painter/ faux finisher of the whole house. I was 19, he had crews and buckets and experience. He showed me so much about layering, detailing, texturing, finishes, and helped me to have my mural in the wine cellar more “finished” by completing the “stones” surroundings it that matched the stairwell leading around to the pool area. It wasn’t glossy like this, but his marbling technique was incredible. He got me a few jobs after that and lent me scaffolding. I went to college and he went back to LA since he was flown out for the months he was there. He was a valuable tutor for a short time.

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  • 2 points TetsujinSeattle

    That is UGLY

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  • 2 points lirannl

    Only if by "common" you mean homeowner. I'm probably never going to be able to modify my home like that.

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  • 1 points Mr_Funbuns

    The my kid or her friend runs into it during a pillow fight.

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  • 1 points f_cysco

    I thought it would be a mountain Forest and am somehow disappointed it isn't

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  • 1 points DrNipSlip

    I first learned about this from the YouTubers RaisingVoyagers, they rebuilt this barn in Italy and did their bathroom in a similar fashion, the marble part.

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  • 1 points xxboywizardxx

    Just make it look like marble

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  • 1 points Watermelon_Crackers

    Damn. All I want to know is the name of the song in the background. That is really really cool art though!!! I think most commenters here won’t appreciate the time it takes and the cost and especially the skill; they just think it looks trash and that’s that.

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  • -11 points [deleted]

    r/restofthefuckingowl

    Edit: probably the dumbust comment i‘ve written this year, seconded with me not understanding why i got downvoted.

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    20 points InertialLepton

    ...yes that's where we are

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    1 points BlooperHero

    And it doesn't even belong here, since it's not a tutorial. It's just showing off.

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    14 points funwithdesign

    r/lostredditors

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    5 points [deleted]

    🙂‍↕️🙂‍↕️

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    7 points Convillious

    but they're here though so they're not really lost

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    6 points Reason_Choice

    Not all that wander are truly lost.

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    3 points Cagity

    Don't you mean in this case:

    Not all who are truly lost have wandered

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    25 points TolverOneEighty

    r/restofthefuckingowl

    That is the sub you're in, yes.

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    8 points [deleted]

    AHHHHH OH MY GOD OKAY I SAW IT NOW thanks

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    5 points [deleted]

    The fuck it‘s the same sub why am i getting downvoted 😭

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    3 points DuffThey

    I dunno man this is so funny

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    0 points Sitting_Squirrel

    We are part of the hive mind Reddit, and you made a mistake. You have given the Lord Reddit a reason to be angry, no matter how insignificant a simple mind may think it is. Now you suffer. You suffer now! Are you suffering?! Lord Reddit is pleased. Now downvote yourself and pay it forward. Make someone else feel shitty because they didn't notice what sub they were in!

    Edit: I have upset Lord Reddit too

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    3 points [deleted]

    I did dowvote myself

    May the lord reddit have mercy 🧎🏼‍➡️

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  • -2 points [deleted]

    [deleted]

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    4 points hell2pay

    r/lostredditors

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