Rust-Oleum Home Marble White Countertop Coating Kit

I would purchase this again it works wonderful, steps are very easy. It also does not smell horrible like other products! The quality after you follow the steps is GREAT! It is very easy to clean!

Loved this product but I am going to do an epoxy topcoat since the topcoat included doesn't give a thick topcoat feel that I am wanting. The white base coat works well, I did three coats and it dries fast. I will give my advice to others that had a hard time veining because that are not artistic (like me); use a feather! I used a little craft feather from my daughter's art kit - just dip the top portion of the feather in the paint and just lightly brush the counter, I did sporadic line motions, rolling it a little bit and it came out perfect. I love that the cleaner takes off the gray veining paint without ruining the white base coat, I def needed to use the cleaner a few times before I got the hang of it.

Overall I’m happy with this product. It did more or less what I wanted: to refresh the ancient laminate countertops in my kitchen without a ton of remodeling or money. The application was very easy and unintimidating. I was bummed that the sealant/top coat is very dull. Not shiny at all. Actually kind of rough to the touch once dry - it FEELS like paint. I expected a shinier more glossy finish but I think I probably didn’t read the description well enough. My biggest issue is the SMELL. The top coat has the most horrible smell. I couldn’t walk through my kitchen for 48 hours without gagging. It’s strong and doesn’t go away quickly. I still smell it if I’m standing at the counter. I might not have purchase this product at all if I knew how badly it smells and for so long.

i'll start with the good things. it's easy to put on - it's just paint. it comes with a heavy duty cleaner that you use before you paint, which is nice. i didn't notice much odor at all. it dries quickly. perhaps too quickly - there's barely any time to soften the edges of the veining before the grey dries and sticks to the brush. the color is a good, pure white. neutral thing is that it doesn't come with the tools. no brushes, rollers, sandpaper, or wipes for the cleaner. you'll need to have those separately. now the bad. in small print on the box, it says this isn't to be used as a food prep surface. i assumed that just meant you're not supposed to be preparing food on the bare counter; but it ended up being more accurate than i thought. first of all, it never turned out smooth. if there's a weird texture spot you have to sand it down and start over because all the paint will come up when you sand. i redid multiple spots and ultimately used up all the paint and clear topcoat doing that, and it's still a very bumpy, uneven surface. i actually went to art school a long time ago, so i'm pretty confident in my painting abilities lol. the topcoat is satin, not glossy like a normal counter. this means there's some texture to it at its smoothest, which can trap small amounts of dust or whatever. seemed an odd choice for a kitchen counter that's supposed to mimic marble. it also yellowed slightly over the course of about a month. but the biggest problem is the durability. setting or moving heavy things on it damages it immediately. heavy items leave dents in the surface after awhile and if you slide something across, like when i put the microwave back and slid it back against the wall, there will be dark skid marks left in the surface that won't come up. i would have to sand it and redo it. so i think that "not to be used as a food preparation surface" note is a fitting warning. this is not to be used as a countertop lmao. it doesn't look good, doesn't feel good, isn't designed to be food safe, and can't handle having objects placed on it. it could be a fun project for a side table or something, but i would not use this again for a countertop.

we used the rustoleum marble countertop kit. we knew it would be a challenge and thought well, we'll try it anyways... after carefully reading the directions and following the directions though, we were at first, not happy at all. we figured you had to be a real artist to pull it off. so, I began to paint over the dark gray veining paint... I started at one end of the counter and painted over every line, knowing it would take several coats to cover our 'marbling'... and when I finished covering every line and turned and looked: IT WAS LIKE MAGIC! the thin coat of step one, white paint, faded the lines just enough to make them look authentic!! why don't the directions tell us to do that? omg, anyways, we love it and you can't beat the price! thank you, rustoleum!

Ok soooo. First time I got this kit I used a 3/8 nap roller used way too much base coat and veined after I put on my top coat and wondered why it wasn’t working. So I bought this kit and used 4” foam rollers for the base coat and then did the veining and it was super easy and looks great. Just make sure you don’t repeat my mistakes and this product is great.

Overall great product but be warned, unless you are very artistic, it is hard to paint the gray veins and make them look realistic. I did my best, but you can definitely tell that the counters are diy.

A very affordable counter upgrade. So far its durable and our kitchen looks much better! That being said if your not artsy, you will definitely want to practice a bit.

Great buy,

It goes yellow over time. The top coat not hard enough I drop a saucepan lid on it and put a nick in bench. Paint is good .

The base coat worked amazing but the top coat was hard and unusable. I had already applied the base coats and veining but was unable to apply the top coat rendering my countertop unusable at the moment.

Followed all the steps and it still failed to stick to benchtop despite leaving it for 7 days and using multiple coats. Would not recommend