owners often update the appearance of their houses with a coat of fresh paint. However if you are considering painting the ‘bricks’ on your house then there are a couple of things you must consider before you break out the spray guns and throw a party!

Painting rough faced brick, block, or stone isn’t like painting anything else you will ever have to color. The significant difference is volume of work required and the amount of material. These kinds of surfaces will use twice as much material as any other. Being that these surfaces are so porous, they act like a sponge.

The labor comes in with the quantity of effort required to work the material into these surfaces. It is slow, hot work. The materials used as far as paint aren’t any different from any other paint except there are a few special products that do about the same job as regular paint. They may be a little heavier for better hiding. Like wood and metal, there are fillers that can be used on the coarse surfaces. They’re latex or oil-based. They’re worked into the surface with either a stiff brush designed for this work or a heavy roller.

Yes, you may use a big amount of filler and only get about 200 square feet per gallon. the advantage to using filler is it smooths the surface which means you can use less primer and less paint. Occasionally you may see someone trying to use drywall compound in the place of block filler. This is not a good practice. Using a product for anything that it was not meant for can cost more than using the right product.

The only thing you can count on is that they will fail. Leaving you nothing except the same problem you started with and a big mess to clean up. If you are feeling confident in your ability in using a spray to apply the filler or paint, that is’s great too. Just be certain to cover any surrounding surfaces not being painted and remember even if you use a sprayer the material will still have to be gone over with a roller to be sure the material is well worked into the surface.

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