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Old 04-23-2012, 09:55 AM
 
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Lot of homes around Tampa in the historic areas seem to have painted brick pillars. I am guessing because it covers any damage but I prefer the look of natural. Am I alone? Is it a huge hassle and cost to have the paint stripped and possible fixed if it crumbles??
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Old 04-23-2012, 12:48 PM
 
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I also like the natural look. I would never paint them.
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Old 04-23-2012, 06:38 PM
 
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Old 04-23-2012, 06:40 PM
 
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Lot of homes around Tampa in the historic areas seem to have painted brick pillars. I am guessing because it covers any damage but I prefer the look of natural. Am I alone? Is it a huge hassle and cost to have the paint stripped and possible fixed if it crumbles??
I dont know about stripping the paint off, brick is masonry and soaks up paint, so I dont think you could get it back.

Why did people do it? Because it was a trendy thing to do at one point but looks trashy now.

Like people putting carpet over nice wood and terazzo floors.
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Old 04-24-2012, 03:35 PM
 
Location: Lincoln County Road or Armageddon
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I've seen brick cleaned/stripped with LIGHT media blasting-they use baking soda as the media. There's also a lot of strippers from hell out there.

Stripping paint from brick

Scroll to the bottom of the page for info on media blasting.
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Old 04-24-2012, 06:47 PM
 
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There's also a lot of strippers from hell out there.
Especially day shift weekdays... the worst
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Old 04-24-2012, 07:03 PM
 
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Ha!
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Old 04-25-2012, 05:46 AM
 
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I think white brick looks really good it's all over Raleigh but they do it on huge historic tudors. I doubt it would look good on Florida ranch homes...
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Old 04-25-2012, 09:18 PM
 
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