White paint reserved white from sherwin williams swiss coffee from behr.
How to paint a faux white brick wall.
You just add your colors to the multi color faux palette and then press your tool onto it and then onto the wall.
How to paint a faux brick wall.
Apply the mixture on the bricks only not the grout lines.
The aesthetic properties of brick walls regardless of the color you go for are beyond discussion.
Press the sponge into the wall like a stamp keeping it level and even.
If you don t use the steep angle it won t have the right texture and will just end up looking like frosting rather than brick texture.
Black paint cracked pepper from behr.
Additional texture can be added by using a natural sea sponge.
Work in similar 2 3 feet 0 61 0 91 m wide sections rolling the paint on in angled upwards strokes.
To see how we we transformed embossed hardboard paneling into a realistic looking brick accent wall check out our video tutorial and follow along below as we show how we used our technique in the video to paint the faux brick wall we installed in our home gym with a new color palette.
Supplies for painting a faux brick wall.
Using a 6 trowel apply the mixture to each brick at a steep angle approximately 10 degrees using a dragging method.
Then fill in any gaps by sweeping the roller up and down over the surface to apply more paint evenly.
You may also choose use the poofy pad to add a color wash over the blocks after adding the faux texture with.
2 chalk paint brush.
However white brick seems to be the most versatile and forgiving choice for more or less the same reasons why it s best to settle for white paint if you don t have a knack for experimenting with colors.
If you want you can skip the template and use a few household sponges cut to size as brick stamps dab the sponge on the paint palette catching a little of each color and stamp out the bricks onto the wall moving horizontally leaving mortar space between each brick.
Apply another layer of paint to the faux brick.
After your base coat has fully dried use your nap roller to put on another coat of paint.