How To Remove Paint From Brick Fireplace Surround

You definitely want to clean the bricks really well prior to painting.

How to remove paint from brick fireplace surround.

There s probably about 60 sq feet of brick surface since it spans a short wall. Next choose your fireplace paint color. Pick a color that matches the style of your home and the room s decor. The white paint on the light red brick looks terrible.

If stripping paint from wood is tedious stripping it from a brick or stone fireplace can only be described as more tedious. After spending hours on google we concluded that removing paint from the fireplace was indeed possible. Remove everything surrounding the fireplace like screens and grates. The first step in painting a fireplace surround is to prepare the area properly whether you want to paint marble fireplace surrounds or those made from brick of stone.

Previous owners painted the brick fireplace surround and brick ledge of the hearth. Carry out these key protection steps first. Fieldstone by benjamin moore. I don t have any pictures on how to paint a brick fireplace but here s a great tutorial from sherwin williams that we basically followed.

Here s how i restored this fireplace to its original beauty for just 300. Determining my course of action for removing the paint from my fireplace took hours of online research. Mask the area around the fireplace surround with painter s tape. When working outdoors you can avoid the tedium of stripping by using a sandblaster but that procedure is too invasive to use in your living room.

But the easy fix painting the brick fireplace won out. Then follow these steps on how to paint a brick fireplace. Paint has flaked on one small part so i can see the original terra cotta color. Choosing a fireplace tile.

Tools for my fireplace refresh.