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Homeowners often update the appearance of their homes with a coat of fresh paint. However if you’re considering painting the ‘bricks’ on your house then there are a few things you need to consider before you break out the spray guns and throw a party!
Painting brick, block, or stone is unlike painting anything more you’ll ever have to paint. The major difference is volume of work required and the amount of material. These sorts of surfaces will use two times as much material as any other. Being that these surfaces are so porous, they act like a sponge.
The work comes in with the amount of effort required to work the material into these surfaces. It is slow, hot work. The materials used as far as paint aren’t any different from any other paint except there are a few special products that do about the same job as regular paint. They may be a little heavier for better hiding. Like wood and metal, there are fillers that can be used on the rough surfaces. They are latex or oil-based. They are worked into the surface with either a stiff brush designed for this work or a heavy roller.
Yes, you’ll use a large amount of filler and only get about 200 sq. feet per gallon. the advantage to using filler is it smooths the surface that means you will use less primer and less paint. Often you may see someone attempting to use drywall compound in the place of block filler. This is not a good practice. Employing a product for anything that it wasn’t intended for can cost more than using the right home painting product.
The one thing you can count on is they will fail. Leaving you nothing except the same problem you started with and a big mess to scrub up. If you feel confident in your capability in employing a spray to apply the filler or paint, that is’s great too. Just be certain to cover any surrounding surfaces not being painted and remember even if you employ a sprayer the material will still have to be gone over with a roller to be sure the material is well worked into the surface.