Fire Place

Miller

3sided brick fire place. It's already painted a light color. Had a leakage problem, The leaking is fixed. They now want the fire place repainted I already have the job just wondering what kind of paint others would use or just hear some ideas. Shouldn't be too bad of a job. The fire place is about 12ft high so alot of brushing and rolling. Already have the price i will be going with just wanted to see what others would use for painting and prepping.

Thanks,

Richard

SW preprite masonry primer. Topcoat with anything, but superpaint would look sweet.

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Rich

Miller

Thats what i used for the estimate. Just haven't reallly done any fireplaces so wasnt sure what works the best or will look the best. Its painted a off white right now with a nice water stain. It will be going to a yellowish color.

Thanks for the help. I will take some pics and post it when im done.

Miller

How well will the Super paint cover? The bid was for 2coats but what kind of Sqft. Will it cover on the fire place?

Richard

superpaint has great coverage...

from what I gather about the size of the fireplace, you'll need a gallon of primer and a gallon of superpaint for prime and 2 coats

keep in mind, bricks aren't that porous

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Rich

Miller

Thanks a lot for the feed back that should help a lot and save me a lil time with trying to decide what will work the best or what will look the best for the HO. With out looking at my estimate or my notes i think its like 12ft high and 6ft wide. The lady has $$ and really doesnt care about the price so its a pretty nice job.
Painted her kids bed room and closet and she was happy with the result, so i got another job from her. She had her contractor come in and replace all the sheetrock upstairs due to way too many layers of wallpaper and then painted over. So she is having me paint the whole upstaris and the fire place. should be a pretty easy good paying job.

Thanks for the feedback.

Brushslingers

Just make sure to tell her not to actually USE it anymore.

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Benn

Miller

What do you mean by telling her to not use it anymore? If thats feedback its not much help or info.

Brushslingers

Painting a brick fireplace will cause toxic fumes if they actually build a fire in it afterwards.

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Benn

Tmrrptr

I looked twice! its 12ft high + 3 sides but no dimension to determine sq ft... if 12ft wide also, a gal may not get it!
How bad IS that stain?
anyway, the time will be the factor... at least not as bad as lattice..
drop a squirt of tint in that primer!

r

Richard

Talked with SW manager and also looked on the web to have some peace of mind. The primer and superpaint are actually the recommended coatings. I haven't come across a source which mentions a big concern with fumes, BUT....

as always, it is good to get a second and third and fourth opinion on issues that get brought up, especially if there are health concerns and if reputable contractors (Benn) are mentioning them.

Miller, if anything, I would do a little extra research about this fumes issue. You don't want to have any reason to lose sleep. 'Cause if something did happen on account of a lack of your own research, you'd be losing a lot of sleep.

My 2 cents are spent...

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Rich

boman47k

As far as coverage, if brick is sealed right, shouldn't the coverage be unaffected?

Brushslingers

Pretty much, if he's using superpaint he can prolly get good coverage with one coat over loxon. Far as the fumes, I simply meant the type of fireplace.... I mean if its a gaslog type, prolly ok.... if it's a wood burner, those burn really hot and can blister the paint, burning it from the inside. Case in point, I have this huge charcoal grill/smoker... used some of that "real wood" charcoal and it blistered the heat resistant paint right off the bottom of the grill, could you imagine what would happen if that was inside? Paint, by nature, is flammable. If it's a REAL thick brick facing, like the older ones that have a small opening and 3 feet of brick, I wouldn't lose sleep over it.

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boman47k

I would think the fumes would be a concern if the brick get heated enough, not to mention the possibility of blistering.

Miller

Alright here are the Dimensions. THere are actualy four sides with the bricks that will need painting. 1st side 8ftx11ft, 2nd side 7ftx11ft, 3rd side 3ftx11ft and 4th side is 3ftx11ft. 3 of the sides have the fire place at 3ftx4ft.
I talked to a couple dif. reps at SW and they seemed to think preprite masonary primer and Super paint would be fine. I would do 1coat prime and 2coats paint. Haven't really painted any fire places before so i was wondering how long others think this process would take? Having to brush in between all the bricks and then roll the fronts. If anyone has any good advice or other ideas on how to paint this or what to use i would apreciate the feed back.

Thanks,

Richard

I'm glad you researched it as well. Now, you're dealing with 231 sq. ft, more than I thought originally. You can expect 100-200sq. coverage per gallon w/ the primer. So 1 or 2 gallons depending on coverage. You are correct about brushing the bricks, I would do a thorough but quick pass with wire brush, followed by a good vacuum with a shop vac and hardwood floor bristle attachment (big one). This is definitely a 1 day prep/prime job. 1 day to do 2 coats of finish. So 3 days total. I would use a brush for edges/mortar, 7"-9" roller w/ 1/2" nap for prime coat, and maybe the same set up for finish...but use your judgement. A hotdog roller could come in handy too. Get to it!

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Rich