How can I paint, clean or replace an old brick fireplace?
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Cheryl H
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Looking for ideas to , paint clean or replace an old brick fireplace , it has a gas insert?
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Here's a post that might help you - https://www.bhg.com/decorating/fireplace/styles/how-to-paint-a-brick-fireplace/
A real brick fireplace? As in wood burning with a chimney?
Paint vs Clean vs Replace - those are very different processes.
A gas insert, as in natural gas or propane tanks or ?
Brush off bricks as best you can and white wash. It leaves a very nice look.
My red brick fireplace was whitewashed by the previous owner and it looked pink to me and I painted over it.
If diluting latex paint to “white wash” the brick, I would use a light gray or light tan - depending on what your color palette is, in the room.
I would dilute it 50% with water
I would use a “dry brush” method for the application. Meaning don’t load the brush with a lot of wash.
WHITEWASH cheap & easy . We had a monster brick wall, struggled for years what to do, then whitewash, what did I have to loose. Posted it here on Home talk
"Massive brick fireplace wall whitewash success"
Here's a sneak peek