Painting Brick

Need to know the square footage on the brick surfaces. And you’re going to want a sprayer so factor in that cost. I’ve had good luck with a Wagner for interior work but they make larger ones that you can use better outdoors. Give it a good pressure wash first and allow to dry overnight before painting.

I did this several years ago. My dad helped me. We rented one sprayer from Home Depot and he purchased a paint sprayer from Harbor freight that he intended to use for another project. Both of them worked great and I just recently used the Harbor Freight one again and it still runs great. I want to say the harbor freight sprayer was around $150 and I think we rented the one from Home Depot for under $100. I have a two-story brick house that’s around three 3200 sqft. I want to say the paint cost me $300-$400 and it was all bought at Home Depot. It was a good quality exterior paint. It’s held up wonderfully and it took us a weekend to complete.

This is exactly what I was looking for. Thanks!

With a sprayer you have to go around and tape up all windows, boxing and all that?
That must take an entire day by itself.

Don't do it IMO. Painted brick is a hot potato that you don't want to be left holding.

It's a wasted expenditure that doesn't increase your home's value. At best it limits your pool of potential buyers but doesn't lower value, and at worst it will go way out of style and drastically reduce resell potential some time in the future.

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So I guess all those with awful red brick homes from the 1950s should just shell out thousands to rebrick their homes then. Afterall, they don't want to have their home for sale for more than 2 months.

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Let's check back in 10 years and see what the market for painted brick houses looks like.

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People always say to use a sprayer for this project but I just can’t see how that provides a thicker and better coverage than taking the time to paint with a brush. Seems a brush would allow you to get into all the mortar lines and stuff better than a sprayer. Just my opinion, though.

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We converted our old den to a master bath, and there is a full brick wall where the fireplace/hearth is that we painted. It took forever using rollers and brushes. I rolled the surface, my wife came back behind me and filled in the mortar with a brush and touched up any spots on the surface that the roller didn't get. This was an 8x14 wall, and took all day with two people doing two coats on it. Maybe not all day, but several hours. I can't imagine doing that to the whole outside of our house.

I can assure you that my house looks like the most updated house on the block now that it has been painted. It was a hideous orange brick that had a red roof. Terrible when we purchased. Now it is an extremely light cream, almost white with a grey roof and looks great. If I knew how to post pics, I would, to show the difference. Lol