How To Whitewash A Dark Stone Fireplace. How to whitewash stone fireplaces. All you do is water down your paint (20 to 30%), and brush away.
Start painting on one of the sides of the fireplace. The best result will come from varying the color on each stone slightly, to make it still look like stone but with a lighter feel. Follow the same general pattern on the bricks in your inspiration picture with your whitewash mixture.
Start painting on one of the sides of the fireplace.
This will help to rub the paint in a bit as well as to rub off all of the excess paint. We started by brushing on the whitewash mixture onto a small stone on the lower side of the fireplace. Tape or cover any areas you want to protect, like wood floors (although you can wash off lime whitewash with soap and water quite easily). I mixed up some whitewash (plain white flat latex paint mixed with water 50/50) and took a rag and started blotting on the whitewash.