Painting Brick Chimney Interior

A freshly painted brick house looks great when you first complete it.

Painting brick chimney interior. Painting your interior brick you have your choice of brush roller or sprayer for applying paint to your bricks but using a paint sprayer will get the job done the most efficiently. I agree that painted brick on the chimney will start a lot of unnecessary problems. Use the 2 brush and proclassic interior acrylic latex paint to paint the mortar along with any cracks and crevices of the brick. Whichever application method you choose tape off the area around your brick wall or fireplace and lay down drop cloths to protect your flooring before starting.

When we paint the brick it seals them up way too tight. A brick chimney is masonry and like all masonry it is porous. The simple solution of painting brick to simply change their color has hidden costs down the road. With a close examination by peeling back some of those blistered areas it will reveal some serious brick and mortar damage.

Painting interior brick fireplaces when it comes to interior brick there is no reason not to paint it just as long as you are sure you wont want the bare brick again later. Replacing just a couple of problem brick on the chimney normally isnt the answer and definitely will not solve your problems. Choose the color you like and have at it. It is so porous that the best way to apply paint.

If youre painting over metal youll need to apply a coat of galvanized. This is especially true on brick chimneys. Painting the inside of a fireplace use painters tape to mask off the hearth and any other areas you dont want painted. Then use the 6 roller with nap to paint the rest of the fireplace ensuring that the paint is applied as evenly as possible.

Always clean your brushes for future use.