painting a stone fireplace

[Dronda]

I have a dreary gray stone fireplace. The walls around it are an off white on top and sort of a peachy tan color. A white chair rail separates the colors. The mantle and the two strips of wood on either side of the fireplace were a very dark stain. I have primed the wood. Now I don't know what to do with the fireplace. I have considered painting the wood and mantle the same peachy tan color that is on the bottom of the walls. A white would go better with all of the trim work, but it seems to clash with the dark fireplace. I know that painting brick looks normal, but I have never seen painted stone. I was considering a white wash over the stone but I don't know how to do it or what products to use. Does anyone have any suggestions? I can send a picture if that would help.
Thanks,
Dronda

[admin]

Here is the picture:

[Iconmae@aol.com]

Sorry I don't have an answer as I want to do this
to our stone fireplace and was hoping to gain insight.
I have painted some "pet" rocks and figure it must be
the same. I do wonder about using it with heat though.
Heat obviously hasn't hurt the painted wood around yours.

It goes against my grain to paint natural stone but ours
is not very pretty as it all has a liver color. He wants
to veneer over it with fake stone and thinks that my painting
it would keep it from sticking. It may be years before he
starts on that.

I would like to paint different colors and try a faux stone
look, put some veining here and there and recolor the grout too.

Good Luck to us both!

[dlocu]

[quote]Originally posted by Admin

Here is the picture:

[/i just did got off the gray paint on the stone around the fireplace. It took alot of striper on it and use mineral spirits to get the stripper off of the ugly gray paint . and finally use a wire brush to get the last of the green left by the stripper off. but the end results are quite nice and worth the trouble of the smell of strippers and paint thinners. we seal the stone and plan to put a wood mantel trim around it and hide the gray on it.
the stone had two layers of paint black and gray on itquote]