Alternatively you can use sponges to create the fake brick shapes.
How to paint concrete walls to look like brick.
To do this barley dip the brush in the white paint and dab feather onto the black bricks.
Apply paint on the end of the sponge and press the sponge on the wall in the spaces left bare by the stamp.
Basically the painting poured concrete basement walls to look like brick must be invested in the initial phase of development.
Remember to take into account the 3 8 inch gap around each brick when measuring the spaces.
Paint your wall with concrete paint.
If on a brick wall you can also spray it if in a controlled environment.
This is not what you want it to look like.
The stencil is held down by 2x4s.
Luckily each concrete block was exactly 3 rows high of brick.
If on an exterior there are many good paints and primers in 1 that work well with brick walls concrete walls behr and benjamin moore both have excellent products for this.
Roll the primer combined paint and primer onto the wall in a thin even coat.
Have someone protect the unpainted areas by holding cardboard over those areas.
Fill the gaps left unpainted by the stamp by cutting a sponge to fit the spaces on the walls.
To make the brick press the painted sponge firmly onto the wall.
Some paint and a mini roller and a steady hand are all you need to turn boring concrete sidewalks into inviting brick pathways.
Let it set for a few hours before pulling off the tape.
The first thing i did was clean the blocks and prime and apply a base coat of paint.
The paint may be sprayed on rolled on or painted on with a brush.
Then using a sponge or roller apply terracotta or brick red paint over the wall.
Next using the same brush barley dip the brush into the black paint and dab feather onto the white bricks.
Make sure you press the sponge firmly against the wall rocking the sponge back and forth to ensure the paint is evenly transferred.
Apply tape across your concrete in a brick like fashion.
However since the idea hasn t returned in popular years most older infrastructure residential property in particular still has to be watertight.
Claudia darr mixed a batch of brick red paint and rolled it right onto a concrete walk.
Using two colors or more can give a more dimensional realistic effect.
Allow the paint to dry.
To create a red brick effect go over the stenciled area with a light coat of red.
After the base coat of paint dried i mapped out the brick pattern.
You can control the gray scale as you go there is no correct color and the more random you can make it the better it will look.