Anyone ever painted a brick home?

Why?

My in laws neighbor did and it came out really nice. I'd have someone spray it.

I want to do this as well but my bricks have pretty big grooves between them. Have to get it sprayed, would take forever to do with a roller since it can’t get in the grooves enough.

Ours was just completed yesterday.

We had it pressure washed really well before the painters started their work. They spent a good bit of time prepping - taping windows, gutters, iron work etc. They primed it and painted with a sprayer.

Did this recently - brick was ugly.

Painters primed with this (added color) - LINK

~2600 sqft house took about 30-35 gallons of this primer. The bricks soak it up, but you can tell its a heavy coat.

Finish coat was SW Duration - lifetime warranty.

I didn't have the deep mortar cracks so they rolled with a heavy nap. If you have deep mortar, spraying is the only way - but they can roll it back to try and get a consistent coverage on the brick face.

Get a good contractor with references. Spraying can get ugly real quick with your plants, etc.

Anybody use someone in Metairie area for this and has good recommendations? Looking for an aproximate cost on a 2100 square ft 3 bed 2 bath typical one story Metairie home also.

We are in the process of limewashing with Romabio product. Somebody posted it on the OB. It’s a product that you brush onto your brick, wait 10-60min and wash it partially off depending on the look you want.

We had salmon color brick, which would’ve been fine had they used regular white or gray mortar. Instead, they used a salmon color mortar as well and it’s been the one thing the wife has wanted to change since we bought the house in 2008.

So after a couple weeks of researching and video watching, we dove right in. It’s been super quick to do and our house looks completely different. We both love the change.

Check out Romabio’s Instagram page and do a search on YouTube for ideas.

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We just built and painted the bricks white.

A professional did it with a sprayer. Hope that helps.

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if you just sprayed and didn't roll you will paint it again in 2-3 years. You have to spray and roll brick. Too porous to simply spray.

My wife wants ours painted also in Metairie. I don't care either way but you know how that goes.

How much does this cost on a typical brick home that is brick all the way around? I see this a lot on homes that were built in the 60's and 70's these days. I don't think it would look right on most of the newer homes.