I'm wanting to white wash a brick fireplace to tone down the reds and
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Transform A Brick Fireplace With A White Wash {Before & After}
Take flat white paint, and paint it on the brick. Having a wet cloth ready, dab it all over, doing small areas at a time. Keep doing this til you get the desired look, letting each coat dry thoroughly. May take about 2-3 times before getting your results. Don't have your wet cloth dripping wet, just wet.
White wash, gray wash, German Schmeer, all things you can do the tone down the reds in brick.... Check out DIYnetwork.com , HGTV.com and Pinterest.com to get lots of ideas and the how to's