Chalk or wood specific paint will be best.
Best paint for fireplace brick surround.
Dress for the holiday season and enjoy the new look of your fireplace space.
Semi gloss paints enamels are a good choice for painting your fireplace or mantel but will need repeated cleaning like you would with a painted door.
Once you ve rolled it on use a brush to fill in the grout areas that did not get hit by the roller.
Nonsudsy trisodium phosphate also known as tsp heavy duty cleaner painters tape oil base primer indoor latex paint.
This simple step by step tutorial will answer all of your questions about painting a brick fireplace the right way including which paints work best what paint sheen you should use and whether chalk paint is a good idea.
Paint a brick fireplace.
Always clean your brushes for future use.
Use the 2 brush and proclassic interior acrylic latex paint to paint the mortar along with any cracks and crevices of the brick.
Using a latex paint satin finish is appropriate for brick and a nice thick nappy roller apply the paint to the brick.
The fireplace in our family room is a particularly unlovely brick.
Then use the 6 roller with nap to paint the rest of the fireplace ensuring that the paint is applied as evenly as possible.
Generously apply a top coat of the paint to the brick using overlapping strokes to cover nooks and crannies as best as possible and leave it all to dry.
You definitely want to clean the bricks really well prior to painting.
Fieldstone by benjamin moore.
Cut in along edges and brush in deep crevices with your paint brush first and then roll on your paint color.
You ll save yourself a lot of work doing it this way rather than cutting in all of the grout lines first and then rolling.
I don t have any pictures on how to paint a brick fireplace but here s a great tutorial from sherwin williams that we basically followed.
Allow first coat to dry for two hours before applying a second coat if necessary or desired.
But the easy fix painting the brick fireplace won out.
15 painted brick fireplaces that radiate coziness.
Imho the best part about cooler weather is the coziness that accompanies the chilly nights furry blankets hot drinks and a.