Rustoleum chalked protective topcoat.
Can i paint my fireplace with chalk paint.
How to paint a brick fireplace with chalk paint now that my fireplace was relatively clean i was ready to paint.
A little watered down chalk paint in pure white got rid of that orangey red brick and now plays well with anne s decorating style.
Whether your fireplace is made of brick or stone chalk paint can be painted right over the surface without any primer sanding or stripping.
Wax just isn t durable enough.
Primer is never necessary.
Once everything is taped and covered you can prepair your paint.
You need to start by filling your spray bottle up half way with chalk paint and then the rest with water.
Although your sandstone fireplace can also get away with being painted with a solid paint like the very first fireplace image in this post above.
I taped off the carpet around the hearth and poured a small amount of white chalk paint into a solo cup.
The non toxic virtually odor free paint is water based and has minimal volatile organic compound vocs.
It just depends on the amount of paint you have on your brush.
The littlest change can make such a big impact.
It s going to look really runny at this point but trust me its right.
Give it a good swirl around to mix it all together well.
I changed the look by using chalk paint fireplace mantel using annie sloan s chalk paint in country grey old white and french linen.
The rustoleum chalked paint covers beautifully so it doesn t take many layers.
So if you do choose to use chalk paint on your fireplace i would strongly recommend a good sealer.
Rustoleum chalked paint in the color of your choice.
1 1 2 inch angled paint brush.
I kept building layers of paint until the linen white chalk paint was no longer visible.
Chalk painting your fireplace is a great idea.
Personally i wouldn t wax a fireplace.
One of the best parts of chalky paints is they adhere really well to just about any surface.
If i were going to use chalk paint i would follow it with general finishes flat out flat topcoat.
A little paint goes a long way for easy coverage so just one coat is usually enough.
Check out what anne who is part of the purple painted lady team did to her fireplace.
But before chalk paint came along i would advise my clients not to paint stone fireplaces because then they would look like this.
Supplies to paint your fireplace surround.
This is my favorite completely matte sealer.
After i was satisfied with the layer of paint i carefully moved my stencil over.