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Old 08-17-2006, 05:58 AM
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Lynn:
Just wondering if you could give a descriptive on how you would paint a carved brick wall?
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Old 08-26-2006, 11:37 PM
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Mark, Could you dry brush the color on to give it a little texture look? Maybe a red brick color and a little gray. You could also try and paint each brick using gray, black, red.....I would be interested in what Lynn recommends also.

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Old 08-27-2006, 08:20 AM
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I've been found out!!! I assume you are referring to that brick wall in the Auction scene I'm working on? Here is how I did it!

I made a trip down to Oreilly's Automotive and bought me a striping kit. After taping the painted white piece I carefully taped it and sprayed it red. That's the secret!

I did it this way as that is the way it really is at the auction house. Otherwise I would have carved it. Had it been carved I would have painted the whole thing the color of the mortar and then painted the brick. I've done that before and it worked pretty well.
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Old 08-27-2006, 09:14 AM
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if its carved with the grout lines recessed, I would paint the grouted areas first and then do as Mark said, dry brush whatever color(s) you want on the wall.
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Old 08-27-2006, 09:15 AM
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OK I have a question for Lynn. Whats the next project and when lol ?
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Old 08-27-2006, 05:07 PM
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i seen this post last night,
before lynn responded, and had all night to ponder.. and let lynn respond..

thinking on the aspect of a carved brick wall surface, i thought painting the wall white or grout coloring waiting for it to dry then use an ink/rubber type roller with tericotta color to do the bricks ... the paint would have to be thin though like ink... maybe mixing in some water based sealer that would tint it tericotta acrylic..??

or using direct transfer :
a wetting agent like dishwashing glyseryne type detergent and coating suran wrap, to make the paint spread evenly, then paint the side with dishwashing soap with paint and transfer the paint to the brick with directly putting the painted side of the surran to the brick... like the murals we seen in the 90's on the side of custom painted cars.....

the thin paint would adhere to the brick, as you press the suran with a roller or other flat even pressure, then peel off the surran, but it shouldnt coat the voids of the carved mortor lines. which would be left your previous grout color.

the surran sandwich wrap might even leave a little spatter texture you couldn't get any other way.

DISCLAMER: of corse your milage may vary depending on how wet/thick the tericotta paint was and how you work the pressure on the surran ,
but their would be little touch up..

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