Cineruss
Active Member
I may be crazy here but would like some advice from all of you in the know out there. I have a God awful looking flat with an arch (I didnt make) that will eventually have brick applied to it for show. I know how to create faux brick and all but in this case will not be either painting brick, using styrofoam, or using brick paneling as the size is prohibitive for budget (2- 12' x 10' flats).
So call me crazy but I am considering the old masking tape to mask spaces between bricks routine, applying joint compound and then painting to get the brick look and texturing. Of course doing this means that the entire surface would have to be sanded off after the production to go back to a smooth flat surface again.
However, these flats had pits and valleys all over them anyways and not that smooth. I will talk to the owner to see if this would be a problem for him but just curious on anyone's thoughts along this line and maybe easy cleanup after the production. It looks dang good though from some tests I have done.
So call me crazy but I am considering the old masking tape to mask spaces between bricks routine, applying joint compound and then painting to get the brick look and texturing. Of course doing this means that the entire surface would have to be sanded off after the production to go back to a smooth flat surface again.
However, these flats had pits and valleys all over them anyways and not that smooth. I will talk to the owner to see if this would be a problem for him but just curious on anyone's thoughts along this line and maybe easy cleanup after the production. It looks dang good though from some tests I have done.