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For a couple of years now I have wanted to paint the stone on our fireplace. Is it my dream fireplace? No, but when we gutted this house 12 plus years ago it is the stone that I chose. Did I have a clue what I was doing then? No.. but I sure learned a lot about what not to do! The reason I wanted to paint the fireplace is because it was such a heavy spot in this room. Had the room been larger with vaulted ceilings it would not have felt so heavy and dark. Having all of this time at home I have been able to catch up on some of my own projects and I knew this was one I needed to tackle. Thanks to my husband Adam we finished it on Mother’s Day.
When using a paint sprayer it is so important to hang plastic on the surround areas and put down drop cloths. Paint will spray off and if you don’t do this you will get tiny specks of paint that you will have to clean off your floor. This will take you just as long to do as it takes to paint.
I highly suggest using an oil base primer for the first coat. Make sure you wash/clean/spray out your sprayer each time. You don’t want it to get clogged and if you don’t clean it out you will ruin it.
After priming with your oil based primer apply two coats of water based paint to the stone. There are a few spots I have to go back in and touch up that I am seeing a few days later and thats ok. You can use a brush for that. But get your main painting done with your sprayer, it will save you so much time!
Once you get spraying it goes really fast. The longest part is hanging your plastic and taping everything off!
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