How do you create perfectly whitewashed brick slips in your home?
Here at J&A Tiling, we are constantly looking to further improve ourselves and to provide our customers with handy hints and tips to their brick slip problems.
Are you looking to alter your beautiful brick slip feature wall?
When having the same style brick slip wall year after year, sometimes you can get a bit tired of its appearance, or you may simply feel the need to redecorate the entire house, with the exposed brick tiles included.
Whitewashed brick slips are a great variation on a great theme, and here’s how you can whitewash your very own brick slip walls.
Preparing to Whitewash Your Brick Slip Tiles
The first thing you need to make sure you do, when you are redecorating any area of your home, is to make sure the surface is clean and tidy, along with the area around it.
This is why, when white washing your brick wall tiles, you need to check and make sure the walls are both clean and dry.
Dust away any dirt from the brick tiles and remove any grease stains. Meanwhile, tidy away any furniture and possessions away from the area you are about to paint to avoid getting them paint splattered.
While you are at it, this is the ideal time to also remove any loose plaster from your brick wall covering and to fill any holes in.
Priming Your Stone Brick Tiles
Once your brick tile wall is free of dirt, you can now put a base coat of paint on your interior brick wall.
To do this, you need to create a mixture of half masonry paint and half water and make sure you mix the solution well – this solution will create the base making it easier for you to paint onto the stone brick slips.
Thinly roller the solution onto the internal brick slips in an even manner.
Painting Brick Slip Panels
Depending on how covered, or what effect you are after for your brick panelling, some people leave their interior brick panels as they are, once they have applied the wash of paint and water onto their walls.
If you are after a stronger colour than the water and paint solution, then you will likely need to paint your wall tiles in one or two coats of masonry paint.
Painted Brick Slips Behind Stove
When painting brick slips around stoves and in kitchen areas, it is recommended to bear in mind that the more layers of paint that are painted onto the wall tiles, the easier the brickface tiles will be to clean.
Advantages of Whitewashed Brick Slips for Feature Walls
There are many advantages to white washing your wall brick tiles.
Not only does it mean that your brick slips installation will be easier to clean – making fireplace brick slips and a brick slips bathroom a popular option – but it is also a popular way to brighten up your home, especially for those who are after a more minimalistic look for their home.
If you are searching for a reliable brick slips installers in London and the surroundings, why not give J&A Tiling a call today on 01702 233003 (CLICK TO CALL).