Recently it has become popular to make a brick wall at home. It looks stylish, interesting and unusual. But this pleasure is not cheap. In this article you will learn how to make an imitation of a brick wall yourself. In this case, the costs will be minimal.
To do this, you will need:
• Brick pattern
• Plaster gypsum
• Paint red and brown
• Primer emulsion
• Masking tape
• Putty
• Water
• Pencil
• Scissors
• Putty knife
Initially, it is necessary to put a pattern in the form of a brick on the alleged wall. You can do this with a prepared template, but if you don’t have one, you can draw a brick wall with a pencil, then glue the edges of the brick with masking tape. Make it worth it, both vertically and horizontally.
Dissolve putty gypsum with water in containers. The consistency should be like sour cream. After that, take a spatula and apply the resulting mass on the drawing. It is worth applying a fairly thick layer of gypsum.
After you have applied the cast, you should wait a few hours. Gypsum should dry very well.
Take the edge of the masking tape and slowly begin to tear it off. Attention! Do this very carefully and smoothly, as the gypsum will crumble and fly off. After you remove the entire masking tape, you will have a brick wall drawn.
The resulting brickwork must be painted in the desired color. To do this, shake the jar with the prepared red paint well and dilute it in a convenient container. Take a brush and gently draw the bricks. For a more real color scheme, you still need to paint your bricks with brown.
It is necessary to wait until the painted bricks dry well. After this, it is necessary to draw seams between the bricks. To do this, you need to take black paint (or any other that you liked) and a thin brush. Do it carefully without smearing the brown bricks.
That's all. The brick wall is ready. Enjoy your work.