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Posted by betsyb on February 17, 2007, 5:10 pm
There is a gritty spray paint if you don't mind doing the whole thing. It
comes in pretty nice colors. Much less mess than sand blasting.
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BetsyB
>> My fireplace has a dark brick face that looks to me to have been
>> stained that color. Is there a cheap and easy way to lighten the
>> brick.
>
> Easiest and cheapest way to change color would be paint, but that
> doesn't achieve last part of the question, obviously.
>
> If brick has indeed been stained, there is no sure-fire way, and
> certainly nothing that I'd classify as "easy". Depending on just how
> porous the brick is, it may be possible to strip/sandblast/etch some
> of the color away, but if it is a rough, porous brick there may be
> nothing that will make much difference w/o some serious effort.
>
> You can go to an inconspicuous spot if there is one and try things
> like muriatic acid, various solvents/strippers, etc., and see if they
> make any difference, but be prepared for a mess and to have either
> little or no success at best and a real ugly looking splotch at worst
> besides the hoped for result.
>
> The sand-blasting is the most safe in the sense of doing no damage to
> the existing surface that is really bad, but it's not simple in either
> application nor in trying to contain the debris so is rarely used
> indoors unless on a complete guts-out job wherein you might as well
> just replace the brick itself in many instances.
>
> Just what you wanted to hear, I know... :)
>
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