The first step in painting a fireplace surround is to prepare the area properly whether you want to paint marble fireplace surrounds or those made from brick of stone.
How to remove paint from brick fireplace surround.
But the easy fix painting the brick fireplace won out.
When working outdoors you can avoid the tedium of stripping by using a sandblaster but that procedure is too invasive to use in your living room.
If stripping paint from wood is tedious stripping it from a brick or stone fireplace can only be described as more tedious.
The white paint on the light red brick looks terrible.
Mask the area around the fireplace surround with painter s tape.
Fieldstone by benjamin moore.
Paint has flaked on one small part so i can see the original terra cotta color.
Determining my course of action for removing the paint from my fireplace took hours of online research.
Carry out these key protection steps first.
Choosing a fireplace tile.
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.
Next choose your fireplace paint color.
You definitely want to clean the bricks really well prior to painting.
A whitewash brick fireplace is a classic choice but a black painted fireplace adds drama.
Here s how i restored this fireplace to its original beauty for just 300.
Pick a color that matches the style of your home and the room s decor.
Remove everything surrounding the fireplace like screens and grates.
There s probably about 60 sq feet of brick surface since it spans a short wall.
After spending hours on google we concluded that removing paint from the fireplace was indeed possible.
Heat can also quickly remove paint from wood but not from stone.
Then follow these steps on how to paint a brick fireplace.