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Are you half a bubble off?
Before starting to measure and draw in your faux painting brick painted wall, be sure you have something to keep your faux bricks level. Really, don’t try to draw in faux bricks without finding a level and plumb line for your walls. It’s like trying to tile your floor without finding square first. No matter how you try, if your first lines aren’t square (level and plumb) you’re not going to end up with a professional realistic faux brick wall.
The first line of faux bricks starts at the ceiling, or if your faux brick wall isn’t going as high as your ceiling then you will be starting at the top of your faux brick painting area. The awful truth about houses is that the ceiling and floor is probably not level. Lay your level down on the floor, and see where the bubble lands. If that bubble is smack dab in between those two lines, you got level on your floor.
If you have a laser level, use that up near the ceiling to see how – Off – the ceiling is.
If it’s only a tiny bit on a pretty long wall, say over 10ft, then your wall is going to be okay without using much of the fudge factor. Use your big 3ft level or snap a line with a chalk snap-line and this will give you a good visual. No problems?
I used this Faux Painting Brick Wall Video
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Just watched “YOUR HOUSE AND HOME”. Segment was on a plain wall they made look like it had 24-inch blocks on it. I wanted to know what paints or glaze stuff they used and instructions on how to do it. They said “Just go to YOURHOUSEANDHOME.COM”…….then what ?
I put in imitation block, faux block, and every combination I could think of.
HELP! HELP! HELP!! THANKS FOR ANY HELP YOU CAN GIVE ME.
DO NOT WANT BRICK OR WOOD……………
Hi… I checked the site and found a video of the show with the faux block instructions
Here is the link to:How To Paint Faux Block Video Page
This is a very informative video… I watched it several times.
Hope this helps… Debra
Ive been a muralist for 22 years and also do Theater sets as well. Your technique is right on,
its something I had to discover for my self.
Very nice info and tips, I will use them for my own.
Thanks for sharing.