Painting Your Countertop?

Learn how to paint over stains on your laminate kitchen countertop and how to get the look of granite on your kitche countertop. Visit Gianigranite.com for more information.

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LESLIE: Delores in South Carolina needs some help with a countertop. What can we do for you today?

DELORES: My question to you is I have a kitchen countertop that’s a Formica white …

TOM: OK.

DELORES: … and it has several stains in it which I can’t get out. I’ve tried white vinegar, bleach, whatever. I can’t get it out. And I was just wondering, do they have anything on the market that would be a durable type of paint that I could paint for Formica countertops?

TOM: Yeah, actually the answer to this question, up til very recently, was no. But there’s a new product out called Giani Granite and it’s a paint. It’s spelled G-i-a-n-i Granite and their website is GianiGranite.com. It only is available in two colors – there’s a light color and a dark color – but you can actually paint …

LESLIE: But you can sort of adjust it.

TOM: Yeah, you can actually paint a laminate countertop with it and will come out sort of looking like a granite finish and it’s pretty nice. It’s reasonably durable, not terribly expensive and I think it’s a great solution for this exact situation.

LESLIE: And you know what? It’s a great do-it-yourself project, Delores. There’s sort of different color paints that they give you. There’s like a black-tone granite and then sort of like a creamy-tone granite. The creamy tone has flecks of like a white, a black and a gray. And of course, depending on how much you sort of dabble or sponge-paint onto the base color, it controls the darkness and depth of the granite look that you’re going to get. I would definitely practice on a piece of scrap Formica just to work out your technique and get to a place where you like before you dive right onto your countertop. I have to say, just from looking at the two in person, I sort of enjoyed the lighter-tone one better but it’s …

DELORES: That’s what I would get; the lighter tone.

LESLIE: It’s a great option.

DELORES: Do you know where I could get that or can I just go on the internet and get that?

TOM: Yeah, I would just go online; the website, again, GianiGranite.com and I believe you can order it right there.

DELORES: (inaudible at 0:21:46.5) I really appreciate this. (chuckles)

TOM: You’re very welcome. Thanks so much for calling us at 1-888-MONEY-PIT.