My Dallas Painting

Homeowners often update the appearance of their homes with a coat of fresh paint. However if you are considering painting the ‘bricks’ on your house then there are a few things you must consider before you break out the spray guns and throw a party!

Painting coarse faced brick, block, or stone is not like painting anything else you’ll ever have to paint. The big difference is volume of work required and the quantity of material. These kinds of surfaces will use two times as much material as any other. Being that these surfaces are so porous, they act like a sponge.

The work comes in with the amount of effort needed to work the material into these surfaces. It is slow, hot work. The materials used as far as paint are not any different from any other paint except there are some special products that do about the same job as regular paint. They may be a little heavier for better hiding. Like wood and metal, there are fillers that can be used on the coarse surfaces. They are latex or oil-based. They are worked into the surface with either a stiff brush designed for this work or a heavy roller.

Yes, you will employ a big amount of filler and only get about two hundred square feet per gallon. However , the advantage to using filler is it smooths the surface that means you can use less primer and less paint. Occasionally you may see somebody making an attempt to use drywall compound in place of block filler. This is not a good practice. Using a product for anything that it was not intended for can cost you more than using the right product.

The one thing you can count on is they will fail. Leaving you nothing apart from the same problem you started with plus an enormous mess to scrub up. If you are feeling confident in your capability in using a spray to apply the filler or paint, that is’s great too. Just be certain to cover any surrounding surfaces not being painted and remember even if you employ a sprayer the material will still have to be gone over with a roller to be certain the material is well worked into the surface.

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