How To Paint A Brick Wall To Look Like Stone
By using a thick paint roller to apply the paint evenly to the brick and touching up bare spots with a paint brush your brick wall will be painted in no time.
How to paint a brick wall to look like stone. I personally love the look and installed brick specifically to paint it in my house. Step 1 remove any peeling paint from your wall. This stone wall is actually a concrete block wall painted to look like stone for trinity worship center in burlington north carolina. The church was wanting a marketplace theme and already had the idea for an awning.
However instead of painting it a bland color like before this time give the wall a faux brick paint job to make it look more natural. Apply a latex primer to the wall to ensure the paint will stick to the brick and choose a paint that s heat proof to protect the brick wall. This is not a difficult process it just takes a bit of time and patience. A few weeks ago my brother in law keith who is on staff at twc contacted me asking for ideas for this space.
Painting rock brick or masonry is a bit more of a commitment than painting a wall and it can even be controversial to some. Scrape paint that is already cracked and peeling with a stiff wire brush. One fairly easy way you can hide the cinder blocks appearance is by faux painting them to look like a brick wall. Watch more how to do decorative painting videos.
We love it because it is easy to do and easy to change. We decided the columns needed a bit of detail as well so we chose to paint them to resemble brick. This space is used as their fellowship hall and needed an update. To give the brick a stone like appearance you need to add layers of color using a technique similar to color washing or glazing a wall.
So if you like your masonry au naturel then that s totally cool but if you re into the painted stone look i totally am then you want to do it right the first time so you don t end up with a peeling mess later. Recently i told you about painting a concrete wall to look like stone. Paint is usually the quickest way to have a dramatic transformation in a space. This faux brick column now stands in the fellowship hall of trinity worship center.
Brick walls have a somewhat warmer feel than cinder block walls. Sand the wall with a medium grit sandpaper to prevent further peeling so it doesn t. Before l r sherwin williams keystone gray 7504 macadamia 6142.