Painting Brick

Painting 3D Printed Parts Following Jason Jensen's Method

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• Prepare the Base for Painting
• Sand and clean your brick walls and details.
• Use an airbrush or spray paint for best results to prime and paint base colors using multiple thin coats. Heavy coats of paint will cause detail loss.
• Use a primer to provide a suitable painting surface
• Paint a base brick color
• Add Character and History:
• Pick a brick color pallet with dark to light colors.
• Paint random bricks with random colors. Don't be concerned with the high contrast and "fake look". You're not done yet.
• Using a torn makeup sponge, use a variety of colors to add time and weathering.
• Start with darker colors and finish with lighter colors. Rust colors work well.
• Dab on a dry surface until enough paint has stopped being applied yet still has small specs. Apply to brick parts.
• Do Not Skip: Seal with a clear matte varnish / clear coat
• Mortar
• Mix white drywall spackle and a neutral gray acrylic pain, slowly adding in water until you get a thin pancake mix consistency. 
• Once applied and still wet, use a damp (not wet) and clean brush to lightly brush away the excess mix leaving more mix in the corner details and crevices. Practice on a test piece. 
• Add additional weathering like chalks for dirt and grime or algae and slime. 
• Darn vandals spray painted graffiti! No respect anymore.
• Seal with a clear matte varnish / clear coat.
• Add details like signs, lights, gas meters, electric panels, power lines, plumbing and more. 
• I wonder where you can get those detailed parts. 🤔