Part 1 cleaning and repairing the brick.
How to paint a wall to look like exposed brick.
By using a thick paint roller to apply the paint evenly to the brick and touching up bare spots with a paint brush your brick wall will be painted in no time.
Cut in along the edges of the wall and around door and window frames first using a 2 1 2 inch.
If there are areas of the brick that have been affected by efflorescence or mildew you may need to apply multiple coats.
Use a spray paint gun with browns and reds to paint them on.
Let the primer dry.
Begin by applying a latex primer to the brick.
You ll want to use good high quality latex paint or perhaps a mineral based pain that allows any moisture remaining inside the brick to expand without damaging the paint itself.
Allow the paint to dry.
Paint the entire wall with your mortar color off white or light taupe looks the most realistic.
Paint the wall with the color that you are using to represent the mortar for the faux bricks.
This is the color that will appear in the gaps between the faux bricks.
This is not what you want it to look like.
This is usually known as vapor permeable or porous paint.
Paint the brick wall once the primer has dried now you can add the paint to your outside brick wall.
Apply a latex primer to the wall to ensure the paint will stick to the brick and choose a paint that s heat proof to protect the brick wall.
Paint them onto an accent wall also use painter s tape to block off the brick pattern on your wall.