I woke up today thinking it was just another normal day of painting and project contemplating. That was not the case. I’m going to let you in on a little family secret about our fireplace before I show you what I managed to do to it. My mother demands that I do not touch the all brick fireplace no-matter-what, but I can do anything else I want. I agreed to these terms, they’re not so bad. We’ll just say I got to see what the fireplace might look like if I made it white tonight, lol.
So there I was, pouring my trim paint into the paint tray on top of a piece of cardboard which was sitting by the fireplace. However then gravity went all wrong and the paint can managed to fly out of my hands dumping nearly 1/4 a gallon of white paint all over the fireplace. If someone had taken a picture of my face at that very moment I bet it would win awards, many many awards. Thankfully, the cardboard and “other stuff lying around” managed to soak up most of it, but not all of it.
After much scrubbing, water, mineral spirits, this is what’s left of the damage:
We managed to get most of it off the horizontal area, but the vertical bricks are harder. I’ve purchased a product in hopes to remove this *huge* clumsy mistake I’ve made. Lesson? You can never be too careful and be sure to use plastic drop cloths instead of thinking you’re perfect and that gravity loves you.
Oh and just between you and me, the brick looked fantastic in pure white for a few minutes. Hahaha.
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