The more swirls of paint you add the more texture the faux marble has.
How to faux paint a basement floor.
If you live in a flood zone have a seasonally damp basement or just prefer the look and texture of concrete flooring faux finishing your basement floor might be a better option than covering it.
Mop the entire floor with clean water and let the surface dry.
Place the next lighter shade of acrylic paint you chose into a paint tray.
Scrub the floor with a detergent and water mixture using a heavy brush.
Crumple up a wad of plastic drop cloth and then dip the drop cloth into the paint.
Paint over the tape.
Use a degreasing agent as needed to remove oil and other substances from the surface.
Dab the drop cloth against the floor to create a textured swirled pattern over the first coat of paint.
Take 1 4 of each of your pant choices and mix them with the white so you have 4 colours of paint.
You can use chalk if you have dark grout lines i used left over paint to paint the whole floor.