Interior Brick Painting Mistakes To Avoid In Palos Verdes Estates, CA

When you’re looking to paint your home, the way that you do it will vary depending on the room in which you are painting as well as the kind of material that is being painted.

Painting brick, for example, is going to be different from painting just about any other interior surface and as such you have to be careful to avoid certain mistakes that go along with painting brick – even on the interior of your home.

Let’s have a look at some interior brick painting mistakes to avoid when you want to have a well painted interior.

1. Using The Wrong Kind Of Paint

When you’re looking to paint your interior brick surfaces, you have to be careful to use the right sort of paint – for not all paint is going to be good for brick painting.

Masonry paint, for example, is quite literally designed for this sort of painting and will be one of your best bets when you are considering your options.

You can also go with an acrylic paint, as you will find that it does well in terms of getting a good coat of paint on your brick surface.

Oil paint, on the other hand, is a paint that you are better off not buying for this type of paintwork.

2. Not Searching For Water Damage

When you’re painting an interior brick surface you have to be careful that you’re not painting over any sort of damage that may have been caused by water, as painting over this kind of damage won’t fix it – it will make it only worse.

This is even more so the case when you have mold or mildew on your wall — you have to make sure that you fully remove any kind of mold or mildew and then allow time for the surface to dry before you proceed.

The problem with painting over damaged walls can be a lot more than aesthetic in nature and cost you quite a bit of money if your walls erode under your paint — be mindful of this when you are considering painting the walls.

3. Not Using Primer

Though of course, it’s good to make use of a couple of coats of paint for just about any interior painting project, you will need to make use of a coat of primer before you do this.

The brick surface is one that is considerably more porous than your typical interior surface and as such needs to be differently painted — and this includes first sealing it so that it cannot be affected the same way by moisture.

Moreover, when you apply a coat of primer to your surface you will find that the paint that goes on there stays longer as it is adhesive and thus better suited for paint than brick alone.

4. Not Letting Surfaces Dry

At a few stages during your painting project, you will find that the surfaces that you are painting will be wet — whether this is from your cleaning of the walls being painted or because you have applied either paint or primer to them.

Regardless of which this is, you have to make sure that you do not then move on to the next phase of the painting project before you make time for these surfaces to fully dry.

The biggest mistakes in any given painting project happen when you try to apply a coat of paint on top of paint that has not fully dried — or paint over primer, or primer over a moist wall — these all will end up with you having painting problems.

By making the time to let these surfaces fully dry you will be avoiding some of these big painting issues that people may face.

Cooley Brothers Painting is a locally owned, owner-operated, family business in Torrance, California. Call the office at 310-378-4575 or email us: info@cooleybrothers.com. You can also use our contact page to reach us.

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