Remove Paint From Brick Fireplace Surround

But the easy fix painting the brick fireplace won out.

Remove paint from brick fireplace surround.

Test it at various times by scraping with the putty knife to see if it has all lifted. Here s how i restored this fireplace to its original beauty for just 300. Applying dumond peel away to interior brick fireplace to remove paint. 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. 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. Using the applicator that comes with the soy gel paint remover apply it to your fireplace brick.

Remove everything surrounding the fireplace like screens and grates. To make the wash mixture mix one part blue paint and one part white paint with four parts of water. Remove paint from brick tastes change and fashions change so the white painted brick that looked so great ten years ago may seem a little dated now. Tools for my fireplace refresh.

Fieldstone by benjamin moore. Previous owners painted the brick fireplace surround and brick ledge of the hearth. 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. Determining my course of action for removing the paint from my fireplace took hours of online research.

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. When the first coat of paint dries apply a color wash and then quickly wipe it off with a clean dry towel. Let it set for up to 30 minutes. Carry out these key protection steps first.

When it has all lifted remove the rest of the paint from the brick with the putty knife. Hubs had no idea that when he was making fun of what i would say to narrate a video that i used his narration. There s probably about 60 sq feet of brick surface since it spans a short wall. Mask the area around the fireplace surround with painter s tape.

Paint over spray and layers of paint that were purposely applied can be stripped away from the inner and outer surfaces of a fireplace. Paint a red brick fireplace a deep shade of matte blue. You definitely want to clean the bricks really well prior to painting. Paint has flaked on one small part so i can see the original terra cotta color.

The white paint on the light red brick looks terrible. Make the fireplace the centerpiece to the room again by removing all the old paint to give it a clean natural look.