Painting a brick house

[tim3516]

I?ll start off by saying I?m a college student so time is limited. My sister proposed that I paint her house to make some extra cash. It?s brick, and has never been painted before aside from the trim. Is this too much to handle for one person?

[Bdv2642]

Wife and I painted our house one weekend. Wasn't too bad. Definitely a pia but we got it done. The bricks soaked up a sheet load of paint. We rented a spray gun from Home Depot. We used cardboard around Windows and whatnot. Biggest surprise was the amount of paint needed.

[redaddiction]

Just be sure to use a primer first. Go to a good paint store (not a big box store) and ask questions. I think there is a sealing primer for bricks so you don?t have it suck up all the paint so much.

[Gobl4me]

loxon or something similar