I have recently purchased a home with a brick exterior, the previous owner has painted the brick and it is showing some wear, I would like to remove the paint, I live in the province of Ontario, centrally located in Canada, any suggestions?
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This has been discussed here many times in the past. You can go to the "search" function at the top of the column that lists all the discussions, choose "advanced search" and words like "painting brick" or "removing paint from brick" and that should bring up the old discussions. If that doesn't work, you should delete your post and re-post it under "General Discussion" because you have really posted it in the wrong section and more people will see and reply if it's posted under the other heading. Best wishes. (In general, removing paint from brick is very difficult and not recommended. Sand blasting can harm it and nothing else works very well.)
Another job for Dry Ice blasting. It works, and no harm.Spheramid Enterprises Architectural Woodworks
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You got about 10-20 G ya wanna invest?Spheramid Enterprises Architectural Woodworks
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Just what I need, another job!
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A little more info may save you some grief, other than the recent spat of design shows painting brick because it looks good on TV, you should spend more time trying to figure out why it was painted in the first place, was it old and the surface erroding, was it porous, I have seen a few of these stripped down to the original only to be repainted again sometime down the road ..