Don't ever paint your bricks. A brick is a 2 way breathable substrate. Bricks are designed to desipate moisture as soon as it recieves it. Painting will block/fill all the pores. Instead, stain your brick. I am a 3rd generation painter. Been tought by the old school guys. I am currently in my 16th year of being in this trade. Please don't paint your brick. You may end up with "dry rot" behind the brick. Best to use oil based stain. Never stain the grout lines. Stain comes in all colors here in canada. Hope I helped. Thanks for reading lol
As a mason I’ve seen the brick wrought out from the inside out due to the paint locking in the water/moisture however don’t they make a special paint for masonry?
@@russellallen5482 yes they do. Sherwin-Williams uses Loxon. First to use a masonry conditioner. In my opinion it's best if used with sprayer because it's a very watery. It sucks into the pores and then you use loxon paint. Loxon is a masonry paint. If you're doing a block wall and you want to fill in the pores as long as it's above ground you can use PrepRite Block Filler. Fills in the pores of the concrete block wall and then you go over top of it with a good quality paint two additional coats. Works wonders.
I live in a community with beautiful stately brick homes built in early 2000s. Some clown bought the last lot and painted the brick bright white. Looks like Amityville horror in the middle of a beautiful community.
why do you call him clown? if he likes to paint his house with white he has the right to do so. Complaint to the council if you want, but do not be disrespectful.
+charles colomb Yes of course. My point was they get many hits for this video by those looking for an easier way to paint brick but leave out the process of painting the mortal. Thanks for the reply.
u need a roller with atleast 20mm nap to get into those gaps. also u have to put heaps more paint then the guy in the video. in most cases it doesnt run but if worried about it then just lightly backroll over it
You are NOT supposed to paint brick with regular paint, EVER! You have to use masonry paint, otherwise the paint will peel and you will have to repaint every 3-5 years.
Wrong… most premium exterior paints are self priming on bare brick and masonry surfaces. Being a “masonry paint” is just a gimmick on the paint labels.
We have a brick patio, 12 x 12 inch sq bricks, looks like at one time they were red brick but someone (previous owner) painted the whole patio and then someone painted them again, so there are 2 layers of paint. needless to say after a few years the paint is peeling horribly...our patio looks like a brown (top layer) and light blue (bottom layer) Holstein cow. Its awful...the grout is cracking where the paint was applied thicker...its a mess Is there a resurfacing product that can be applied over this that will not peel like paint?
As a 3rd generation painter. 16 years exp. Do not paint bricks. Stain them instead. But if you've already painted your bricks, it's best to use an oil based primer. Than hit your 2 top coats with "elastomeric" paint. This way you've created a breathable coating. Oil primer serves as a stain blocker and filler. ( effectively wrecking the brick.) But oil base primers are key to most concrete substrates. Elastomeric makes your surface water/shock resistant even for 30 years or so if applied correctly. If primed in oil and elastomeric is applied on top, the elastomeric will essentially do nothing. But your bricks should be as smooth as glass. I reccomened never painting brick however, as a brick is designed to rid of moisture as fast as it recieves it. Painting brick fills the pores.
This paint is going to flake off in two years ... no primer used, no talk about type of paint or composition and density of bricks. See you in two years!
Painting exterior bricks causes moisture problems and causes bricks to deteriorate and crumble in no time. This is why you see buildings with crumbling bricks that have been painted - moisture problems.
What do you mean by “causes bricks to deteriorate in no time “?..... How long is “in no time”? ... I painted my brick home in 2011, it is now 2019 with Zero signs of that..... so how long is “in no time”?
@@ricardorichard3601 Agreed. We bought a house in 1992 that had the bring painted. 18+ yrs later... we're still here, paint's still here, no bricks deteriorated and crumbling. I only wish we'd updated the paint before now, which we are about to do. Dead things don't breathe anyway, but I understand what Trev was getting at. I suppose it could happen but never seen it in my six decades of living.
Dont ever never paint bricks or stone walls . Paint or stain will never hold up to weather and temp changes threw out the year . With in two years the pain will start chip and peel off in places . Then over time the paint starts to fade . Then what you will have a bigger mess that needs to be painted again and again . That will get tiring over time . If you dont like your bricks color or just dont like bricks at all you can cover it with stone Veneer's . here the thing about painted wall once the wall is painted it will take a lot of money to get it back to clean brick again and you have to get the bricks clean and all paint off before you Veneer your brick wall . Another thing you may not like the brick color or colors and most people may not like your color when it is time to sell . But every one loves the look of stone . So please not ever paint or stain stone or brick . Never worked before and never work now .
You can paint them and make it last for years.. Apply two coats of " wet look sealer " after painting the bricks ( you find it at homedepot ) the sealer will make the paint glue to the bricks and will protect the paint from rain and sun. Also if you don't wanna paint your bricks but want them to look new again. Acter you clean the bricks. ( give a day or 2 ti dry if you used water ) and put two coats of " wet look sealer " to the bricks . if you painted them i suggest 3 coats of sealer. 2 coats a day after you paint them. And a week later apply the third coat. I use alot of products that painters don't even use or have an idea. As an example when painting outside facial. I put water proof on the 45's to prevent wood demage or paint peeling from everyday morning breeze
Just returned back to England after 18 years of living in the USA, i forgot how miserable red brick houses look, when they get old, and we have a lot of them, it shocks me to think no one can be bothered to paint there dreadful depressing boring old red bricks another colour.
Iain Noonan i don't. what angers me is that you seem to think USA is better than England. we have got houses that are older than USA itself, we have history, thousands of years of history...USA envy us not the other way round. keep that in a corner of your thick head
I am British I'm a duel national , born in Britain oldham to be precise, you are are right, many houses in England are pretty old, but to "me" it is the red brick attached row houses that to "me" look so dreary and worn out , if i owned one now i would defiantly give it some paint , if anything another reddish colour just make it look better, preferably to"me" i would give it a pastel colour, but i really don't see the problem in wanting to make something look nicer, it is a lick of paint on brick, it's not going to destroy the house. or cause millions of dollars worth of damage. I'm used to everything being new, including my house i had in Oregon that was 5 years old, was a verryyy nice house , very spacious and modern, with a red lava gravel, and a garage that could fit 2 full sized trucks, and 1 Harley Davidson and 2 crotch rockets , with room.
You should NOT paint an exterior brick wall! Bricks are porous and breathe. Sealing the outside surface traps moisture inside the house walls, causing rot and mold.
Painting a brick house is ALWAYS a BIG MISTAKE! The beauty of bare brick is the many decades of maintenance-free service. Yes, I know it's cool and trendy, but it's a huge dis-service in the long run. The current or future owners will have to scrape and repaint and as the coats of paint accumulate the shorter the life of the paint. Eventually, ALL the paint needs to be sandblasted or removed with paint stripper. And then probably the mortar joints repaired (tuck pointing). So PLEASE just spare the home and future owners of this horrible fad!
Opinions are like armpits, everyone has at least one and it usually stinks. If you want to live in a shitty old brick home, fine, enjoy the low maintenance. But if you want a home that looks modern, btight and fresh you need to render, bag or paint.
@@dazfrost9352 Will say, I am not a purist when it comes to brick. One must know the process and lay a primer first, the masonry paint. When someone prefers painted result to original and that result lasts, everyone is happy. Purism is like traditions, some are rich and wonderful, make life better, and others are antiquated drags on ones quality of life.
Well that Was paint straight to brick ,with a small ass roller cover that sure the hell won't even touch the mortar, I would have to say I would consider brick and block primer .Fastest way to get in the pours of the brick.
@@nrfa6229 I'm not sure. I'm going to try and contact one of these companies and find out. I know home depot is selling brick and mortar paint. I'll let you know what I find.
and the mortar mysteriously gets painted?
Sooooooo
@@jafallica, so we all see that you do not understand.
I think you missed the beginning of the video. It's pretty obvious how it gets painted considering they showed it.
Don't ever paint your bricks.
A brick is a 2 way breathable substrate.
Bricks are designed to desipate moisture as soon as it recieves it.
Painting will block/fill all the pores.
Instead, stain your brick.
I am a 3rd generation painter.
Been tought by the old school guys.
I am currently in my 16th year of being in this trade.
Please don't paint your brick.
You may end up with "dry rot" behind the brick.
Best to use oil based stain.
Never stain the grout lines.
Stain comes in all colors here in canada.
Hope I helped.
Thanks for reading lol
As a mason I’ve seen the brick wrought out from the inside out due to the paint locking in the water/moisture however don’t they make a special paint for masonry?
Which brand stain do you recommend?
@@russellallen5482 yes they do. Sherwin-Williams uses Loxon. First to use a masonry conditioner. In my opinion it's best if used with sprayer because it's a very watery. It sucks into the pores and then you use loxon paint. Loxon is a masonry paint.
If you're doing a block wall and you want to fill in the pores as long as it's above ground you can use PrepRite Block Filler. Fills in the pores of the concrete block wall and then you go over top of it with a good quality paint two additional coats. Works wonders.
@@Carpaintry_of_God thank you!
@@russellallen5482 you're welcome
I live in a community with beautiful stately brick homes built in early 2000s. Some clown bought the last lot and painted the brick bright white. Looks like Amityville horror in the middle of a beautiful community.
why do you call him clown? if he likes to paint his house with white he has the right to do so. Complaint to the council if you want, but do not be disrespectful.
Note it doesnt show the roller actually getting on the mortar between the bricks.
Exactly it's hell I've been getting in between those bricks for hours!
+charles colomb Yes of course. My point was they get many hits for this video by those looking for an easier way to paint brick but leave out the process of painting the mortal. Thanks for the reply.
+Ted McWilliams I agree, all of the sudden the mortar is painted! Misleading this video is.
u need a roller with atleast 20mm nap to get into those gaps. also u have to put heaps more paint then the guy in the video. in most cases it doesnt run but if worried about it then just lightly backroll over it
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love how vicious everyone is in this comment section. it's getting real in brick wall paint fandom
Do I need permit to paint my house bricks?
Nope, unless your in hoa
How did they do the mortar- not mentioned. so this video is incomplete and misleading
You are NOT supposed to paint brick with regular paint, EVER! You have to use masonry paint, otherwise the paint will peel and you will have to repaint every 3-5 years.
Wrong… most premium exterior paints are self priming on bare brick and masonry surfaces. Being a “masonry paint” is just a gimmick on the paint labels.
That may have been true in past decades. Technological advances have changed things.
I disagree
How come a primer wasn't used first? Guarantees better adhesion.
What colour is that please
We have a brick patio, 12 x 12 inch sq bricks, looks like at one time they were red brick but someone (previous owner) painted the whole patio and then someone painted them again, so there are 2 layers of paint. needless to say after a few years the paint is peeling horribly...our patio looks like a brown (top layer) and light blue (bottom layer) Holstein cow. Its awful...the grout is cracking where the paint was applied thicker...its a mess
Is there a resurfacing product that can be applied over this that will not peel like paint?
dickheads paint brick
Why brick? If your going to paint it
The most uninformative video I have ever seen regarding the painting of brick. The techniques shown were for general painting.
Paint these days doesn't peel or flake. I have seen some for 5 years or more in good condition
5 years!!!! That is no time at all.
What colour are you using
black i think
how do you paint so the mortar still shows?
As a 3rd generation painter.
16 years exp.
Do not paint bricks.
Stain them instead.
But if you've already painted your bricks, it's best to use an oil based primer.
Than hit your 2 top coats with "elastomeric" paint.
This way you've created a breathable coating.
Oil primer serves as a stain blocker and filler. ( effectively wrecking the brick.) But oil base primers are key to most concrete substrates.
Elastomeric makes your surface water/shock resistant even for 30 years or so if applied correctly.
If primed in oil and elastomeric is applied on top, the elastomeric will essentially do nothing.
But your bricks should be as smooth as glass.
I reccomened never painting brick however, as a brick is designed to rid of moisture as fast as it recieves it.
Painting brick fills the pores.
Spraying could probably be easier ?
It's a lot lot faster to spray with airless or hvlp!
I Flip U Flip thank u bro plus quality is much better roller sucks for the bricks
@@koevirel8350 1:42 1:42 1:42
This paint is going to flake off in two years ... no primer used, no talk about type of paint or composition and density of bricks. See you in two years!
Sure, if you use $8.00/gallon "budget" paint, maybe. We used two coats of high-quality exterior paint on our brick and it looks wonderful.
@@tripjet999 Yes, but the type/quality of paint is equally (if not more) important than the application, so should be mentioned.
Thankyou for your comment!. I was going to follow the tutorial till i saw this, lmao.
If it were windy you should use a roller before you get screwed it up by the spray
“British Paints”? That’s an Australian accent isn’t?
It’s literally the brand of the paint - why does it matter if he’s australian 🤨
Spray then back roll is the fast
Painting exterior bricks causes moisture problems and causes bricks to deteriorate and crumble in no time. This is why you see buildings with crumbling bricks that have been painted - moisture problems.
Oh yes, it is true. Do some research.
Totally true. Paint does not allow the brick to breathe....
This is only true for older made bricks.
What do you mean by “causes bricks to deteriorate in no time “?..... How long is “in no time”? ... I painted my brick home in 2011, it is now 2019 with Zero signs of that..... so how long is “in no time”?
@@ricardorichard3601 Agreed. We bought a house in 1992 that had the bring painted. 18+ yrs later... we're still here, paint's still here, no bricks deteriorated and crumbling. I only wish we'd updated the paint before now, which we are about to do. Dead things don't breathe anyway, but I understand what Trev was getting at. I suppose it could happen but never seen it in my six decades of living.
Dont ever never paint bricks or stone walls . Paint or stain will never hold up to weather and temp changes threw out the year . With in two years the pain will start chip and peel off in places . Then over time the paint starts to fade . Then what you will have a bigger mess that needs to be painted again and again . That will get tiring over time . If you dont like your bricks color or just dont like bricks at all you can cover it with stone Veneer's . here the thing about painted wall once the wall is painted it will take a lot of money to get it back to clean brick again and you have to get the bricks clean and all paint off before you Veneer your brick wall . Another thing you may not like the brick color or colors and most people may not like your color when it is time to sell . But every one loves the look of stone . So please not ever paint or stain stone or brick . Never worked before and never work now .
Jeff Mullinix
Complete bollocks
So what should I do to make my brick look at least New again ??
You can paint them and make it last for years.. Apply two coats of
" wet look sealer " after painting the bricks
( you find it at homedepot ) the sealer will make the paint glue to the bricks and will protect the paint from rain and sun. Also if you don't wanna paint your bricks but want them to look new again. Acter you clean the bricks. ( give a day or 2 ti dry if you used water ) and put two coats of " wet look sealer " to the bricks . if you painted them i suggest 3 coats of sealer. 2 coats a day after you paint them. And a week later apply the third coat. I use alot of products that painters don't even use or have an idea. As an example when painting outside facial. I put water proof on the 45's to prevent wood demage or paint peeling from everyday morning breeze
Jeff Mullinix have you ever heard of oil based pigment sealer or are you just a causal painter?not tradesman
Jeff is 100% correct, Mr. Orangie Bollocks Cat.
Brick stain is way better than paint. Looks more natural
which brick stain would you recommend?
Just returned back to England after 18 years of living in the USA, i forgot how miserable red brick houses look, when they get old, and we have a lot of them, it shocks me to think no one can be bothered to paint there dreadful depressing boring old red bricks another colour.
Truth hurts huh, maybe you realise that since you watched this vid.
"i've lived in the USA and now i can judge the world, im such an arrogant little rat now i lived in the USA"....fuck off you yankee wannabe.
Sorry you seem to take offence to my views on England.
Iain Noonan i don't. what angers me is that you seem to think USA is better than England. we have got houses that are older than USA itself, we have history, thousands of years of history...USA envy us not the other way round. keep that in a corner of your thick head
I am British I'm a duel national , born in Britain oldham to be precise, you are are right, many houses in England are pretty old, but to "me" it is the red brick attached row houses that to "me" look so dreary and worn out , if i owned one now i would defiantly give it some paint , if anything another reddish colour just make it look better, preferably to"me" i would give it a pastel colour, but i really don't see the problem in wanting to make something look nicer, it is a lick of paint on brick, it's not going to destroy the house. or cause millions of dollars worth of damage. I'm used to everything being new, including my house i had in Oregon that was 5 years old, was a verryyy nice house , very spacious and modern, with a red lava gravel, and a garage that could fit 2 full sized trucks, and 1 Harley Davidson and 2 crotch rockets , with room.
You should NOT paint an exterior brick wall! Bricks are porous and breathe. Sealing the outside surface traps moisture inside the house walls, causing rot and mold.
The absolute worse thing you can do to brick and stone.
Best advice is don’t paint brick .
Needs to stick with painting doll houses.
painting brick or adhering wall paper to walls should be made illegal.
spanionneo red brick is seriously ugly
it should be illegal to not paint them, brick are horrible,
@@dreamergirlbaby Red bricks walls are beautiful
There's a lot of ugly brick out there.
What a terrible video, you didn't even show getting the mortar it just magically appeared painted 🙄
This is how to paint, not paint a brick house.
Painting a brick house is ALWAYS a BIG MISTAKE! The beauty of bare brick is the many decades of maintenance-free service. Yes, I know it's cool and trendy, but it's a huge dis-service in the long run. The current or future owners will have to scrape and repaint and as the coats of paint accumulate the shorter the life of the paint. Eventually, ALL the paint needs to be sandblasted or removed with paint stripper. And then probably the mortar joints repaired (tuck pointing). So PLEASE just spare the home and future owners of this horrible fad!
Opinions are like armpits, everyone has at least one and it usually stinks.
If you want to live in a shitty old brick home, fine, enjoy the low maintenance. But if you want a home that looks modern, btight and fresh you need to render, bag or paint.
@@dazfrost9352 Will say, I am not a purist when it comes to brick. One must know the process and lay a primer first, the masonry paint. When someone prefers painted result to original and that result lasts, everyone is happy. Purism is like traditions, some are rich and wonderful, make life better, and others are antiquated drags on ones quality of life.
When the brick is ugly it is much better painted People buy a lot of ugly stuff
It looked better before you painted it
So why the hell are you watching this video on painting brick?
@@jafallica So why in the hell are you worried about it ? 🤭
Load of crap got to use spray gun to get into mortar
Well that Was paint straight to brick ,with a small ass roller cover that sure the hell won't even touch the mortar, I would have to say I would consider brick and block primer .Fastest way to get in the pours of the brick.
Dont paint brick... or stone.... or concrete
We have had a few houses in hour neighborhood that had their old red brick painted over with a beautiful Grey. They look amazing and updated.
@@SunCoastFilms What kind of paint did they use, and did they primer it prior? Was it a combo or paint and primer? Thanks.
@@nrfa6229 I'm not sure. I'm going to try and contact one of these companies and find out. I know home depot is selling brick and mortar paint. I'll let you know what I find.
Never paint brick!
How the hell this crap can have 700K views ?? SMH
Wtf