White Washing Brick With Chalk Paint

I love using chalk paint, it is no secret. Its really versatile, easy to use, and one can will last for so many projects!

Did you know that you can use chalk paint to WHITE WASH brick? Yep! Regular chalk paint you already use can be watered down and applied to brick to create a modern farmhouse look!

Here is what you do:

Clean your brick, and take off any existing soot, dirt, or dust. Just use a damp rag and wipe it down.

Grab your chalk paint, paint brush, and bowl to dilute it.

Water it down in a 3:1 ratio. 3 parts chalk paint, 1 part water. Stir that all together.

When its all mixed, take your brush and dip it into the mixture just like you would regular paint. Just be prepared for it to be more drippy (thats totally a word, right?) so have a drop cloth or some sheets spread out to catch the drips.

Apply it and brush it on like you would any regular paint. This will be more opaque than paint obviously because it is watered down.

This is where it gets fun, depending on the look you are going for, you can apply it more lightly all over, or in some of the areas for a varied look. You can apply it and wipe it off on some of the bricks for variation, or you could totally keep it a consistent level of coverage and not wipe it down at all.

It all depends on what you’re looking for. For my scenario, the brick started as an ugly brown grey brick and I didn’t really want to see any of it. So I did NOT wipe any parts of the brick to reveal any exposed color.

I applied two coats of chalk paint white wash, and the beauty of using the Annie Sloan brush because of its design, it really got into the grooves of the grout and covered the area of brick nicely.

I didn’t want it to appear to be PAINTED brick, I wanted it to look vintage or shabby chic, and to brighten up. By doing two coats of pure white it was just a subtle enough change to be noticeable and really clean up the old dingy brick.

You can really achieve all kinds of different looks and finishes depending on what brick you are starting with, and how you apply it. This is my favorite part of doing projects like this, you totally see an area take new life and its not complicated to do!