Painting Bare Brick Garage Walls | Garage To Workshop #3

Over 4 weekends I transform our garage from a dark and dingy place to somewhere nice to be!
In the process I fully wash all the walls (what a job that was...), roll on three coats of paint and hand finish the rest.

Track 1 and 4
Music from Uppbeat (free for Creators!):
License code: SMMKDBR4N45N7UUQ

Track 2
Music from Uppbeat (free for Creators!):
License code: 8JNI9DAUVIXCCIDX

Track 3
Music from Uppbeat (free for Creators!):
License code: UCRTZRZQK7OAHP3B

Track 4 - See Track 1

Track 5
Music from Uppbeat (free for Creators!):

License code: 41BHR8C716ZYRLM9

Track 6
Track : Instant Crush

[david]

Funny how even the seemingly easiest of tasks, painting a wall white, is actually a lot of work. I can't be arsed doing mine now.

[deepanshus]

it is advised to coat the first coat with somethign similar to UniBond PVA, in ration of 1:5 or 1:6 approx, this makes paint application much easier and also makes the wall less absorbent so you dont end up using tons of paints !!

[Stoobers]

I need to do my garage walls, but wondering how much time it took with a roller, versus just using the pot and a big fat wider brush and just slapping it on nice and thick.

Ill find out next summer when I get round to it I guess :D

[LuigiRBG]

This was very helpful mate, thank you so much for taking the time. Luigi

[saintetienne]

So B&Q was selling stuff at half price when I noticed some Sandtex and I thought, "I could do the garage with that!" And that's where the long journey began!
So I took all the rubbish out of the garage which revealed just how filthy it was resulting in a huge tidy up and throw out (which I wasn't expecting). That revealed a million holes in the walls so I thought, "I should fill those". Back to B&Q for brushes, rollers and cement. I had an old scraper that bound to manage just fine. Nope it didn't - back to B&Q for a pointing tool. Pointing began and contact dermatitis around my eyes later caused a visit to the GP, who said it was the worst they'd ever seen. After a lay off of several months I began again and two 5litre pots of cement later and I was finished. Painting was a real chore and only helped to showcase all my amateur cementing efforts (oh well). The walls 'did' look much fresher, however. Except the wooden beams on the ceiling looked grim by comparison so I went to B&Q and bought a hand sander and created a sand storm across the street as I got carried away smoothing those hideous wooden planks. The sanding revealed some horrible cracks in the wood so I went to B&Q and got some wood filler which worked fine and stuck to my fingers too. Now that the walls are done the ceiling looks terrible so i thought, "Why not paint that too?" So I went to B&Q . . . and that's taken two years so far . . . . 🥴

[HelloHello-zvqb]

Thank you. Would pressure washing the walls be ok instead of brush washing?

[nancysmith]

Can you use a patio pressure washer as a lazy option for washing the brick walls?

[BenjaminClayton-zs]

Do you need to use a masonary sealant 1st? Ur garage looks great.

[fst]

Very nice! Really like how the project gone so far, subscribed!

[shadiakirose]

I’m creating a little salon space in our outdoor storage which is quite big but I thought I’d have to hire somebody to install drywall but I like the brick wall effect! So helpful. Thank you!

[sanddrama]

I wonder if it would have been better to spray the paint?

[valoa]

Hey what kind of paint did you use? Did you use anything specifically to fix the damp?

[Luca_Munz]

Did you just use water and fairly liquid to clean the walls

[matthewnicholas]

Those breezeblocks look a nightmare compared to the bricks. Thankfully mines all brick.

Anyone tried a dry brush then vacuum instead of wet washing prior to paint?

[Mrkrupps]

Hang on why do you need good weather to paint inside? 🤔

[rudikriek]

A power washer would’ve worked a right treat in helping prep the walls.

[tonyp]

Great video thanks. Do you need to wash and brush the walls before painting ? I am planning to get our garage painted as we are converting part of it to a small utility room. Getting some quotes first from professionals but if too unrealistic will paint myself. I have read that you need to use watered down pva on the wall first, how do you get the correct ratio ? 1:5 I also read that you have to use acrylic latex paint to stop moisture which can cause the paint to flake.

[carpii]

did you prepare and paint the cinder/breeze blocks, in the exact same way you did the bricks? Thanks

[Barry]

Should of used jet wash to wash all the walls the use a Dehumidifier to dry before paint

[ronaldbear]

Do you need to clean the walls of a new house?