Painting brick wall (internal)

[BigRobCanUFixIt]

Hello all,

I have a small brick shed at built onto the side of my house.

I am soon going to have a gas boiler fitted into it and a chest freezer so I want to sort it our de-spider the place and make it a bit nicer.

I want to paint directly onto the bare brick walls internally. I have looked up masonary paint but it seems to only come in mahoosive tins which i am giessing will paint a whole house. where i only need a small amount for a shed which is no bigger than 2mx2m minus the door and window.

Could I use emilsion onto the brick! or what would be the best option. I only want it white...

Thanks in advance.

Rob

 

[TheDec]

Well you can apply an emulsion paint to internal masonry/ brickwork providing the area concerned is not subject to moisture or frost and in your case the brickwork is paintable, if you decide to go ahead you should first using a stiff bristle brush clean down the area to be painted. Then apply a thinned coat first around 20% water should be fine, by the way Johnstones do a smooth masonry paint in 2.5lt.

Dec

 

[BigRobCanUFixIt]

worked a treat. thanks for the tip