Painting Interior Brick Fireplace
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Painting interior brick fireplace. Blue brick fireplace paint the red brick with a deep shade of matte blue. Preparing the whitewash is fairly simple mix a 50 50 ratio of water and white paint and then apply. Mute the harshness of your brick fireplace with a contemporary whitewashing technique.
Using a stiff bristle brush doused in soapy. Always clean your brushes for future use. Use your roller or brushes to apply a paint formulated for masonry or a latex paint to the brick.
Painting a huge brick fireplace the same neutral color as the walls next to it will make the fireplace appear to recede or blend into the walls. Use the 2 brush and proclassic interior acrylic latex paint to paint the mortar along with any cracks and crevices of the brick. Remove all ashes from the fireplace.
This is a home staging trick that fools the eye into making the brick fireplace appear to diminish in size and importance. Choose indoor latex heat resistant paint either flat semigloss or gloss that s rated to withstand temperatures generated by the fireplace generally about 200 f. If you re painting the interior of a fireplace make sure you re using heat proof paint.
Then use the 6 roller with nap to paint the rest of the fireplace ensuring that the paint is applied as evenly as possible. Once the primer is dry it s time to paint. Five years ago i bought a brick fireplace painting kit called brick anew to paint my brick fireplace in my family room.
To properly paint the interior of a fireplace you must clean it thoroughly. Remember that this type of paint is only appropriate for the exterior of a brick fireplace not the interior firebox. Read the full how to.